Cress
the name of several species of plants, most of them of the natural order Cruciferæ. Water-cress, or Nasturtium officināle, is used as a salad, and is valued in medicine for its antiscorbutic qualities. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste. It grows on the brinks of rivulets and in moist grounds. Common garden cress is the Lepidium sativum; Normandy cress, Barbarea præcox; win- Normandy cress, Barbarea præcox; winpæðlum majus; bitter cress, Cardamine ter cress, B. vulgăris; Indian cress, Tropratensis (cuckoo-flower). pratensis (cuckoo-flower).