WATERCRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does watercress mean? 

• WATERCRESS (noun)
  The noun WATERCRESS has 2 senses:

1. any of several water-loving cresses

2. cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams

  Familiarity information: WATERCRESS used as a noun is rare.

• WATERCRESS (adjective)
  The adjective WATERCRESS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WATERCRESS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATERCRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several water-loving cresses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("watercress" is a kind of...):

cress; cress plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watercress"):

American watercress; Cardamine rotundifolia; mountain watercress (mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States)

common watercress; Nasturtium officinale; Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere)

marsh cress; Rorippa islandica; yellow watercress (annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities)

great yellowcress; Nasturtium amphibium; Rorippa amphibia (perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium)

Holonyms ("watercress" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("watercress" is a kind of...):

cress (pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs)

• WATERCRESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cress green; cresson; watercress

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

watercress (any of several water-loving cresses)

 Context examples 

A juice extracted from watercress containing high amounts of phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC), with potential chemopreventive and antitumor activities.

(Phenethyl Isothiocyanate-containing Watercress Juice, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called watercress.

(Indian cress, NCI Dictionary)