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Meanings of cress plant in English

Portuguese
mastruço

Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste.

        mastruço
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        Examples for "cress"
        Examples for "cress"
        1
        I think this cress in America is one of your real luxuries.
        The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
        2
        I shall put in spring lettuces, and radishes, and mustard and cress.
        The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
        3
        You lay in a stock, today, of mustard and cress and radish.
        Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
        4
        The cress and lettuce have just vegetated well after twenty-one days' immersion.
        Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
        5
        Chopped radish, cress, olives or celery are all admissible for a filling.
        Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties / With Fifty Illust...
        Usage of cress plant in English
        1
        The cress plants are then not tall, as they are later, but short and bushy.
        The Naturalist on the Thames
        Translations for cress plant
        Portuguese
        mastruço