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Word entry · 10 letters

watercress

Best crossword clue

"Peppery aquatic green"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɔːtəkɹɛs/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aceerrsstwStarts with WEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green

Word origin

From Middle English water cresse, water-kresse, watercrasse, water cars, equivalent to water + cress. Cognate with West Frisian waterkers (“watercress”), Dutch waterkers (“watercress”), Swedish vattenkrasse (“watercress”).

Used in a sentence

  • A spring wells up in the centre of the village, and watercress beds lie beside the stream running alongside the main street.

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