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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl {Cresses} (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.] (Bot.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. Note: The garden cress, called also {peppergrass}, is the {Lepidium sativum}; the water cress is the {Nasturtium officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called cresses. To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. --Goldsmith. {Bitter cress}. See under {Bitter}. {Not worth a cress}, or {``not worth a kers.''} a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless ``not worth a curse.'' --Skeat.
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