Definition of garden cress
: an annual herb (Lepidium sativum) of the mustard family sometimes cultivated for its pungent basal leaves
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The namesake hero ingredient, watermelon extract, hydrates skin, while a blend of swiss garden cress sprout and vitamins A, C, E brighten skin and protect it from free radicals.
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The researchers trapped pea plants in glass chambers with ether, soaked roots of the sensitive plant and seedlings of garden cress in lidocaine and even measured the electrical activity of a Venus fly trap’s cells.
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First Known Use of garden cress
15th century
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