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- Cress - n. - A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
- Cresselle - n. - A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent.
- Cresses - pl. - of Cress
- Cresset - n. - An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.
- Cresset - n. - A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.
- Cressy - a. - Abounding in cresses.
- Water radish - - A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.
- Nasturtium - n. - Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads.