Definitions for cresses

cresses cress

Spelling: [kres]
IPA: /krɛs/

Cresses is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in cresses (ceersss).

Definitions for cresses

noun

  1. any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
  2. any of various similar plants.

Origin of cresses

before 900; Middle English cresse, Old English cress(a), cresse; cognate with Dutch kers, German Kresse

Examples for cresses

Serve on platter with meat, garnished with cress or parsley.

In the winter the ditches are flooded to protect the cress from frost.

cress, thou wilt not do anything to Sir Richard of Gloucester?

Serve cold, cut in thin slices and garnished with parsley or cress.

cress is used in salads, to which it imparts a pleasant pungency.

Name from , applied by Dioscorides to some cress; meaning unknown.

No cress could she find, so she thought she would turn back and go home.

When this is not procurable, cress makes an attractive border to a salad.

This is a variety of cress, of quick growth, used as lettuce.

cress, Romaine, or bleached chicory may be used in place of lettuce.

Word Value for cresses
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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