Definition of Water cress. Meaning of Water cress. Synonyms of Water cress

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Definition of Water cress

Water cress
Water cress Wa"ter cress` (Bot.) A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.

Meaning of Water cress from wikipedia

- such as garden cress, mustard, radish, and wasabi, are noteworthy for their piquant flavors. The hollow stems of watercress float in water. The leaf structure...
- Cress (Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress (or curly cress) to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress (from...
- 2011 Fool's-water-cress Wild flowers of Ireland. Accessed July 2011 Apium nodiflorum Fool's-water-cress] Apium nodiflorum (Fool's-water-cress) envirolink...
- the Antarctic. The name Cardamine is derived from the Gr**** kardaminē, water cress, from kardamon, pepper gr****. The leaves can have different forms, from...
- Br****icaceae. Common names include land cress, American cress, bank cress, black wood cress, Belle Isle cress, Bermuda cress, poor man's cabbage, early yellowrocket...
- several industrial units including a Nestlé bottled water factory situated on the former water cress and trout farm site on Latimer Road. There is a local...
- obstructions. It is occasionally eaten with bread and butter, like the water-cress." The leaves, which have a strong acrid, bitter, or peppery taste similar...
- is aquatic or semi-aquatic, its herbage sometimes floating on standing water or sprawling over wet ground. The leaves are up to 10 centimeters long and...
- Arabidopsis thaliana, the thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, is a small plant from the mustard family (Br****icaceae), native to Eurasia and Africa...
- * Water-cress Rorippa nasturtium-aquati**** Narrow-fruited water-cress Rorippa microphylla Northern yellow-cress Rorippa islandica Marsh yellow-cress Rorippa...