| 单词 | cress |
| 释义 | cress (once / 8191 pages) n WORD FAMILY cress: cresses USAGE EXAMPLESCress said she would like to see a broader effort to include the public in the selection. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Cress Varnadoe, owner of the moving company, drove the 1979 International truck that pulled the house to its new location. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) In the initial work, the researchers transferred genes from a common laboratory plant, known as thale cress or mouse-ear cress, into strains of tobacco. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1n any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste Syn|Hypo|Hyper cress plant watercress any of several water-loving cresses Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cressa small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described Arabidopsis lyrataa small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana rock cress, rockcressany of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis Arabis glabra, Turritis glabra, tower cress, tower mustardor genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass, winter cressany plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad bitter cress, bittercressany of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass, scurvy grassa widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C Lepidium sativum, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwortannual herb used as salad green and garnish Arabis Canadensis, sicklepodNorth American rock cress having very long curved pods Arabis turrita, tower cress, tower mustardEuropean cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis American cress, American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cressof southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida Cardamine pratensis, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower, lady's smock, meadow cressa bitter cress of Europe and America Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwortEuropean bittercress having a knotted white rootstock Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, pepper root, toothwortNorth American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots American watercress, Cardamine rotundifolia, mountain watercressmat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States Cardamine bulbosa, spring cresssmall white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America Cardamine douglasii, purple cresssmall perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers Nasturtium officinale, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, common watercressperennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere Rorippa islandica, marsh cress, yellow watercressannual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities Nasturtium amphibium, Rorippa amphibia, great yellowcressperennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium crucifer, cruciferous plant any of various plants of the family Cruciferae 2n pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs Hypo|Hyper watercress cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams garden cresscress cultivated for salads and garnishes winter cresscress cultivated for winter salads salad green, salad greens greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads |
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