| cress | pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs |
| garden cress | cress cultivated for salads and garnishes |
| winter cress | cress cultivated for winter salads |
cress
cress plant | any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste |
stonecress
stone cress | any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema, native of sunny limestone habitats |
Arabidopsis thaliana
mouse-ear cress | a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers, much studied by plant geneticists, the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described |
rock cress
rockcress | any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis |
| tower cress tower mustard Arabis turrita | European cress having stiff erect stems, sometimes placed in genus Turritis |
tower mustard tower cress Turritis glabra
Arabis glabra | or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe |
winter cress
St. Barbara's herb
scurvy grass | any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses, widely cultivated for winter salad |
Belle Isle cress
early winter cress
land cress
American cress
American watercress Barbarea verna
Barbarea praecox | of southwestern Europe, cultivated in Florida |
yellow rocket
rockcress rocket cress
Barbarea vulgaris
Sisymbrium barbarea | noxious cress with yellow flowers, sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium |
bittercress
bitter cress | any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers, cosmopolitan except Antarctic |
lady's smock
cuckooflower
cuckoo flower meadow cress
Cardamine pratensis | a bitter cress of Europe and America |
spring cress
Cardamine bulbosa | small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America |
purple cress
Cardamine douglasii | small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers |
common garden cress
garden pepper cress
pepper grass
pepperwort Lepidium sativum | annual herb used as salad green and garnish |
chamois cress
Pritzelago alpina
Lepidium alpina | small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems, sometimes placed in genus Lepidium |
marsh cress
yellow watercress
Rorippa islandica | annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb, troublesome weed in some localities |
garden nasturtium
Indian cress
Tropaeolum majus | strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orangeed to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers |
cress green
cresson
watercres | of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green |