English > watercress: 3 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several water-loving cresses. |
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| Member of | Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family | A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers |
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| Narrower | American watercress, mountain watercress, Cardamine rotundifolia | mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States |
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| common watercress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, Nasturtium officinale | perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish |
| great yellowcress, Rorippa amphibia, Nasturtium amphibium | perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean |
| marsh cress, yellow watercress, Rorippa islandica | annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb |
| Broader | cress, cress plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste |
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| Spanish | berro, mastuerzo, nasturtium officinale |
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| Catalan | creixen |
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| Adjectives | watercress | of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green |
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