Cress

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Archaic form of kris.
   alt-of, archaic
3. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Marcus Empiricus, a Roma physician, prescribed three scruples of cress, three of red onion, three of pine seed, three of Indian nard, for impotence.”

“Back in 2011, a 9-year-old named Milo Cress found it odd that the restaurants he would go to with his mom in Burlington, Vermont, would automatically serve⟳ drinks with a straw, whether or not their customer wanted one.”

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