cress
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cress¹
- /kɹɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
Where it comes from
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”).
noun cresses
- A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. Marcus Empiricus, a Roma physician, prescribed three scruples of cress, three of red onion, three of pine seed, three of Indian nard, for impotence.
cress²
noun cresses
- Archaic form of kris
Cress³
proper noun
- A surname. 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.
Translations
Talk about this word "cress." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cress. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cress. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cress "cress." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cress.Cite this
@misc{cress_2026,
title = {cress},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cress},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
