Meaning

noun any of several water-loving cresses

noun cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams

adjective of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green

originFrom Middle English water cresse, water-kresse, watercrasse, water cars, equivalent to water + cress. Cognate with West Frisian waterkers (“watercress”), Dutch waterkers (“watercress”), Swedish vattenkrasse (“watercress”).

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