cress
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cress/kres/
▶noun a plant of the cabbage family with small white flowers and pungent leaves. [Barbarea and other genera.]
■ young sprouts of garden cress eaten in salads.
– origin OE cresse, cærse, of W. Gmc origin.
'cress' also found in these Oxford entries:
cardamom
- garden cress
- mustard
- pepperwort
- rock cress
- scurvy grass
- thale cress
- wall cress
- watercress
- winter cress
