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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. {Cresses} (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
     ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
     G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
     chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
     A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves
     have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and


     antiscorbutic.
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     Note: The garden cress, called also {peppergrass}, is the
           {Lepidium sativum}; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
           officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
           cresses.
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                 To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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     {Bitter cress}. See under {Bitter}.
  
     {Not worth a cress}, or {"not worth a kers."} a common old
        proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a
        curse." --Skeat.
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