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What does cress mean?

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Noun
  1. (plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
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For example, thale cress and rice are model species for dicots and monocots, respectively.
She was an orange girl, a flower seller and small girl selling water cress and many more.
Coriander, garden cress, and dill are short-lived annuals that, when cut for harvest, do not regrow.
A line of Alpine cress or maybe Pyrenean scurvy grass ran from an arched mine-level entrance.
The annual thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana, has a complete life cycle of about 6-8 weeks.
Then, for zest, add a snippet or two of something peppery like arugula, mustard, or cress.

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