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Meaning of Cress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

kɹɛs

Definitions

A surname.
Archaic form of kris.
alt-of, archaic
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

العربية الرشاد حرف رشاد شيطرج عصاب مقلياثا

Čeština řeřicha

Cymraeg berwr

Dansk karse

Deutsch Kresse

Ελληνικά κάρδαμο

Esperanto kreso

Español berro mastuerzo nasturcio

Eesti kress

فارسی سپندان شاهی

Suomi krassi

Français cresson

Galego berro brizo

Magyar Zsazsa

Հայերեն կոտեմ

Íslenska karsi

Italiano crescione

ქართული წიწმატი

한국어 물냉이

Kurdî tere

Latina nasturtium

Lëtzebuergesch Cresson

Polski rzeżucha

Português agrião

Română creson hreniță

Русский кресс кресс-сала́т

Svenska krasse

Türkçe tere

Tiếng Việt cải xoong

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.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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