CRESS

Pronunciation (US):

• CRESS (noun)
  The noun CRESS has 2 senses:

1. any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
2. pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

  Familiarity information: CRESS used as a noun is rare.

• CRESS (noun)

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cress; cress plant

Hypernyms ("cress" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cress"):

Cochlearia officinalis; common scurvy grass; scurvy grass (a widely distributed arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C)

bitter cress; bittercress (any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic)

scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb; winter cress (any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad)

Arabis glabra; tower cress; tower mustard; Turritis glabra (or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe)

rock cress; rockcress (any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis)

Arabidopsis lyrata (a small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana)

Arabidopsis thaliana; mouse-ear cress (a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described)

watercress (any of several water-loving cresses)

common garden cress; garden pepper cress; Lepidium sativum; pepper grass; pepperwort (annual herb used as salad green and garnish)

Holonyms ("cress" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (plants with four-petaled flowers)

Meaning:

Pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cress" is a kind of...):

salad green; salad greens (greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cress"):

watercress (cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams)

garden cress (cress cultivated for salads and garnishes)

winter cress (cress cultivated for winter salads)