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Noun cress has 2 senses
  1. cress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae having edible pungent-tasting leaves
    --1 is a kind of crucifer, cruciferous plant
    --1 is a member of
     Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family
     --1 has particulars:
     watercress; Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress; Arabidopsis lyrata; rock cress, rockcress; tower mustard, tower cress, Turritis glabra, Arabis glabra; winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass; bittercress, bitter cress; scurvy grass, common scurvy grass, Cochlearia officinalis; common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum
  2. cress - pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
    --2 is a kind of     salad green, salad greens
    --2 has particulars: watercress; garden cress; winter cress
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