watercressy

Adjective

watercressy (comparative more watercressy, superlative most watercressy)

1. With watercress.
   • Did these French trout expect me to dress my fly in garlic or tomato sauce before they would look at it? For that trout must be in such a stream—so clear, so sparkling, so flowing, so curvy, so watercressy—was as clear as that the Republic is a dreadful come-down from the Empire.1884 November 15, Cotswold Isys [pseudonym; Richard H. Glover], “Trouting in Normandy”, in R[obert] B[right] Marston, editor, The Fishing Gazette; Devoted to Angling, River, Lake, and Sea Fishing and...
   • Two quick hot soups . . . one’s garlicky, one’s watercressy / Those long-time salad favorites, watercress and garlic, take the leading role in these two quick soups for fall.1981 October, Sunset: The Magazine of Western Living, volume 167, number 4, Menlo Park, Calif.: Lane Publishing Co., →ISSN, page 216

   Synonyms:

   watercressed