cress
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English cresse, crasse, from Old English cressa, cærse (“cress”), from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô (“cress”). Cognate with West Frisian kers (“cress”), Dutch kers (“cress”), German Kresse (“cress”), Danish karse (“cress”), Swedish krasse (“cress”), Icelandic krassi (“cress”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cress (countable and uncountable, plural cresses)
- (plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Derived terms edit
terms derived from cress (noun)
- alpine rock cress (Arabis alpina)
- Austrian cress (Rorippa austriaca)
- bastard cress (Lepidium campestre, Thlaspi arvense)
- Belle Isle cress
- bittercress, bitter-cress, bog cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
- blister cress (Erysimum spp. and Cheiranthus spp.)
- bulbous cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
- California cress (Sisymbrium officinale)
- cedar glade cress (Leavenworthia stylosa)
- chamois cress (Pritzelago alpina, Lepidium alpina)
- cow cress (Lepidium campestre)
- cress rocket (Vella pseudocytisus)
- cressweed (Diplotaxis muralis)
- cresswort (Brassicaceae spp.)
- curled cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
- dock cress (Lampsana communis)
- fetid cress (Lepidium ruderale)
- field cress (Lepidium campestre)
- fool's cress (Apium nodiflorum)
- garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
- golden cress (Lepidium sativum)
- hairy bitter cress (Cardamine hirsuta)
- hoary cress (Lepidium draba)
- Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus)
- lake cress (Armoracia aquatica)
- lamb's cress (Cardamine hirsuta)
- land cress (Barbarea verna)
- marsh cress (Rorippa palustris)
- meadow cress (Cardamine pratensis)
- monks cress, monk's cress (Tropaeolum majus)
- mouse-ear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
- northern rock cress (Arabis petraea)
- not worth a cress
- pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)
- peppercress (Lepidium spp.)
- Peter's cress
- river cress (Armoracia aquatica)
- rockcress (species of Arabis, Arabidopsis, Cardaminopsis), Boechera, and Braya)
- rocketcress (Barbarea vulgaris)
- shepherd's cress (Teesdalia nudicaulis)
- Spanish cress (Lepidium cardamines)
- spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
- St. Barbara's cress (Barbarea spp.)
- stone cress (Aethionema grandiflorum)
- summer cress
- swine's cress (Coronopus spp.)
- thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
- Thanet cress (Lepidium draba)
- town cress (Lepidium sativum)
- trophy cress (Tropaeolum spp.)
- tower cress (Arabis glabra, Arabis turrita)
- upland cress (Barbarea verna)
- wart cress (Lepidium spp., Coronopus spp.)
- watercress, water-cress (Nasturtium officinale; also Nasturtium microphyllum)
- wall cress
- well cress
- winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
- yellow cress (Barbarea praecox))
- yellowcress (Rorippa spp., especially Rorippa palustris)
Translations edit
a plant
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cress (plural cresses)
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Italian crescere, from Latin.
Verb edit
cress
- to grow
Yola edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English creiz, from Old French crois, from Latin crux, crucem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cress
- crossroad
- 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 7-8:
- 'choo'd drieve aam aul awye to Kie o' Cress Farnogue, an maake aam cry, 'Rotheda Palloake !' "
- I would drive them all away to the quay of Cross Farnogue, and make them cry, 'Rotten Palluck !' "
Verb edit
cress
- cross
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:
- 'Cham afear'd ich mosth cress a Shanaan,
- I am afraid I must cross the Shannon,
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32