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cress /krɛs  /noun [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.
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. Rhymesacquiesce, 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 |