Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 23 compound words that contain cress. The most common are listed below. Open cress in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- garden cressA plant, Lepidium sativum.
- thale cressA plant of the species Arabidopsis thaliana, native to Eurasia.
- monks cressGarden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus).
- bitter-cressAlternative form of bittercress: Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.
- land cressOne of the species Barbarea verna of biennial herbs.
- Para cressAlternative form of paracress: The plant Acmella oleracea, used for culinary purposes in northern Brazil and Madagascar.
- sand cressCalyptridium monandrum, a desert herb of the Southeast US and Northwest Mexico.
- water-cressAlternative form of watercress: A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.
- Belle Isle cressThe biennial herb Barbarea verna.
- lamb's cressAn annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.
- stone cressAny of the flowering plants of the genus Aethionema.
- northern rock cressA member of species Arabis petraea, a kind of rockcress, growing in central and northern Europe.
- town cressgarden cress, or peppergrass.
- not worth a cressworthless
- Pará cressAlternative form of paracress: The plant Acmella oleracea, used for culinary purposes in northern Brazil and Madagascar.
- St. Barbara's cressYellow rocket (Barbarea spp.).
- Indian cressA plant of species Tropaeolum majus).
- Spanish cressA kind of peppergrass found in Spain (Lepidium cardamines).
Compound words 23
- watercressA perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.
- cressyAbounding in cresses.
- bittercressBarbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.
- rockcressAny of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily …
- yellowcressRorippa palustris, a flowering plant in the mustard family.
- pennycressAny of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny).
- paracressThe plant Acmella oleracea, used for culinary purposes in northern Brazil and Madagascar.
- cresslikeResembling or characteristic of cress.
- swinecressAny plant of the genus Lepidium (syn. Coronopus).
- wintercressAny of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.