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Type Words
Synonyms cress plant
Type of cruciferous plant, crucifer
Has types arabis glabra, bitter cress, bittercress, cochlearia officinalis, common garden cress, common scurvy grass, arabidopsis lyrata, arabidopsis thaliana, rock cress, rockcress, scurvy grass, st. barbara's herb, tower cress, tower mustard, turritis glabra, watercress, winter cress, garden pepper cress, lepidium sativum, mouse-ear cress, pepper grass, pepperwort
Type Words
Type of salad green, salad greens
Has types watercress, winter cress, garden cress

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Water cress is one I know of, found in streams, What does Wild Garlic look like?
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The Freiburg researchers used thale cress as a model organism for their studies.
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Land cress is good for finishing off an omelette, a stir-fry, other green salads.
From the guardian.co.uk
She knelt in the soggy cress that bordered a seep and bent to the water and drank.
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Cress, a mechanical engineer, also works as a consultant to the aircraft industry.
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The first plant genome to be sequenced was the mustard cress Arabidopsis thaliana.
From the newscientist.com
Spread onto thinly sliced, buttered white bread and top with a springy green cress.
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There's a base of kipfler potato and a bacon froth with a tiny cress garnish.
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It comes with acidic dressed cress, lemon and a selection of about five condiments.
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  • Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
  • Pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
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  • Cressing Temple is an ancient monument situated between Witham and Braintree in Essex and originating from the 12th century, when it was the headquarters of the first grant of land given to the religious order of the Knights Templar in England. ...
  • A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic
  • (CRESSES) There are a number of peppery herbs or greens that grow wild or are cultivated that are called cresses. They are known by various names, such as winter, garden, or upland cresses. The greens are good additions to mixed salads and are used as garnishes
  • Any of various plants belonging to the mustard family, especially the watercress, which has a pungent-tasting leaf. Used for salads and as a garnish.