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Word entry · 5 letters

cress

Best crossword clue

"Peppery salad green"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɹɛs/Part of speech nounSorted cerssStarts with CEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2R3E4S5S

Definitions

  1. pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • Marcus Empiricus, a Roma physician, prescribed three scruples of cress, three of red onion, three of pine seed, three of Indian nard, for impotence.
  • Back in 2011, a 9-year-old named Milo Cress found it odd that the restaurants he would go to with his mom in Burlington, Vermont, would automatically serve drinks with a straw, whether or not their customer wanted one.

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