Indian cress

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Indian cress

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So called because these plants were introduced from the Americas, then popularly known as the Indies, and used like cress as salad ingredients.

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dated A plant of species Tropaeolum majus).
Similar: garden nasturtium, monks cress, nasturtium, trophywort

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noun Tropaeolum majus

Deutsch	Große Kapuzinerkresse

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@misc{indian_cress_2026,
  title = {Indian cress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/indian%20cress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}