Cress /(krĕs)/

Cress

n.

pl. Cresses ((krĕs"ĕz))

  1. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. (Bot.)
    To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.

Phrases & Compounds
Bitter cress
See under Bitter.
Not worth a cress
a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless “not worth a curse.”