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cress 音标拼音: [kr'ɛs] n. 水芹,水韭 水芹,水韭 cress n 1: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste [ synonym: { cress}, { cress plant}] 2: pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbsCress \ Cress\ ( kr[ e^] s), n.; pl. { Cresses} ( kr[ e^] s"[ e^] z). [ OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.] ( Bot.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The garden cress, called also { peppergrass}, is the { Lepidium sativum}; the water cress is the { Nasturtium officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called cresses. [ 1913 Webster] To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] { Bitter cress}. See under { Bitter}. { Not worth a cress}, or {" not worth a kers."} a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless " not worth a curse." -- Skeat. [ 1913 Webster]
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