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单词 cress
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Definition of cress in English:

cress

noun krɛskrɛs
mass noun
  • A plant of the cabbage family, typically having small white flowers and pungent leaves. Some kinds are edible and are eaten raw as salad.

    Barbarea and other genera, family Cruciferae: several species, including garden cress (used in mustard and cress) and watercress

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was passionate about nature and grew lovely tomatoes, cress and herbs.
    • Place cress in a salad bowl, top with thinly sliced onion and your favorite French dressing.
    • My ciabatta was very hot, with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and cress.
    • Dress the dandelion and cress with rosemary and mustard dressing.
    • This included egg, bacon, tomato, cress and mayonnaise.

Origin

Old English cresse, cærse, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kers and German Kresse.

Rhymes

acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes
 
 

Definition of cress in US English:

cress

nounkrɛskres
  • A plant of the cabbage family, typically having small white flowers and pungent leaves. Some kinds are edible and are eaten raw as salad.

    Barbarea and other genera, family Brassicaceae: several species, includinggarden cress andwatercress

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was passionate about nature and grew lovely tomatoes, cress and herbs.
    • This included egg, bacon, tomato, cress and mayonnaise.
    • Place cress in a salad bowl, top with thinly sliced onion and your favorite French dressing.
    • Dress the dandelion and cress with rosemary and mustard dressing.
    • My ciabatta was very hot, with lettuce, tomato, cucumber and cress.

Origin

Old English cresse, cærse, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kers and German Kresse.

 
 
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