watercress
/ˈwɔːtəkɹɛs/US/ˈwɔtəɹkɹɛs/
watercress noun: a perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.
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Noun
watercress (countable and uncountable, plural watercresses)
- A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.
- A spring wells up in the centre of the village, and watercress beds lie beside the stream running alongside the main street.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 178
- A similar plant, Nasturtium microphyllum.
watercress meaning in Urdu, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
watercress in Urdu
- قرۃ العین
watercress in Kannada
- ಕೆಸವು, ಕೆಸ, ಕೆಸವೆ, ಕೆಸು, ಕೇಸು, ಕೆಸುವಿನ ದಂಟು
watercress in Tagalog
- Nasturtium officinale
- kangkong
watercress in Arabic
- Nasturtium officinale
- قُرَّة qurra, حُرْف ḥurf
More languagesFewer languages
- watercress in Malay
- selada air
- watercress in Persian
- ترتیزک tartizak, شاهی šâhi, آبتره
- watercress in Vietnamese
- cải xoong
Examples of watercress in a sentence
- You can try them in any recipe that calls for watercress or cooked spinach.
- Food articles often have botanical illustrations of lesser-eaten greenery like endive and watercress, drawn by artist John Burgoyne.
- We used to go and get watercress and titiwi - walking through the bushes, going to the garden.
Forms of watercress
| plural | watercresses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | water-cress |
| alternative form | water cress |
Origin of watercress
From Middle English water cresse, water-kresse, watercrasse, water cars, equivalent to water + cress. Cognate with West Frisian wetterkers (“watercress”), Dutch waterkers (“watercress”), German Wasserkresse (“waterkress”), Swedish vattenkrasse (“watercress”).
Words formed from watercress
Questions about watercress
- What does watercress mean?
- Watercress means a perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.
- What is watercress in Urdu?
- Watercress in Urdu is قرۃ العین. See Watercress meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is watercress?
- Watercress is a noun.
- How do you pronounce watercress?
- Watercress is pronounced /ˈwɔːtəkɹɛs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of watercress?
- The plural of watercress is watercresses.
Words near watercress in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: watercress (page history and authors); watercress (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); watercress (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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