: any of various crucifers with moderately pungent leaves used especially in salads: such as
a
: a watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
b
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The Blind Mutant Thale cress — known to science as Arabidopsis thaliana — is not a particularly attractive plant.
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Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
Arabidopsis, also called thale cress, is a plant widely used in scientific research.
—Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
Researchers rose temperatures from 60 to 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and used three different types of plants, the thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), vegetable cabbage (Brassica oleracea) and the tomato plant (Solanum lycop).
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2023
The two species are different in appearance alone: Garden cress has short stems with small leaves, while watercress develops a height of up to 15 centimeters and the leaves have a diameter of about 3 centimeters.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
Kentucky glade cress:This flower exists in only a tiny part of Kentucky.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2023
The formula also includes pink clay and charcoal to detoxify the scalp as well as Indian cress for its nourishing vitamins and antioxidants.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
There are a few vegetables that do not bode well in the freezer including cabbage, celery, cress, cucumbers, endive, lettuce, radishes and potatoes.
—Justin Miller Communications Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 6 June 2023
Other common green roof plants include ice plant (Delospermum sp.), hens and chicks (Sempervivum sp.), creeping thyme (Thymus serphyllum), chives and ornamental onions (Allium sp.), phloxes (Phlox sp.), pussytoes (Anntenaria sp.), thrift (Armeria sp.), and false rock cress (Aubretia sp.).
—oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2021
Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
Arabidopsis, also called thale cress, is a plant widely used in scientific research.
—Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
Researchers rose temperatures from 60 to 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and used three different types of plants, the thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), vegetable cabbage (Brassica oleracea) and the tomato plant (Solanum lycop).
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2023
The two species are different in appearance alone: Garden cress has short stems with small leaves, while watercress develops a height of up to 15 centimeters and the leaves have a diameter of about 3 centimeters.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
Kentucky glade cress:This flower exists in only a tiny part of Kentucky.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2023
The formula also includes pink clay and charcoal to detoxify the scalp as well as Indian cress for its nourishing vitamins and antioxidants.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
There are a few vegetables that do not bode well in the freezer including cabbage, celery, cress, cucumbers, endive, lettuce, radishes and potatoes.
—Justin Miller Communications Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 6 June 2023
Other common green roof plants include ice plant (Delospermum sp.), hens and chicks (Sempervivum sp.), creeping thyme (Thymus serphyllum), chives and ornamental onions (Allium sp.), phloxes (Phlox sp.), pussytoes (Anntenaria sp.), thrift (Armeria sp.), and false rock cress (Aubretia sp.).
—oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2021
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cress
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: any of various plants related to the mustards and having leaves that are used especially in salads
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