garden cress

noun

1. a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.

garden cress

noun

1. a pungent-tasting plant, Lepidium sativum, with white or reddish flowers: cultivated for salads, as a garnish, etc: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

Word History and Origins

Origin of garden cress¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Arrange individual nests of Garden Cress on six chilled salad plates.

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Place in a vessel that will preserve the shape of fish, chill and dispose fish on a cold serving platter on a bed of garden cress.

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Pick over, wash and dry a bunch of garden cress, chop finely and sprinkle over lettuce leaves.

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Some like radishes and garden cress and a few things of that nature.

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