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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Nasturtium officinale (0.01936 detik)
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English → English (WordNet) Definition: Nasturtium officinale Nasturtium officinale n : perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere [syn: common watercress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Nasturtium officinale Water cress \Wa"ter cress`\ (Bot.) A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic. [1913 Webster] Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.] (Bot.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. [1913 Webster] Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the Nasturtium officinale . Various other plants are sometimes called cresses. [1913 Webster] To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Bitter cress. See under Bitter. Not worth a cress, or “not worth a kers.” a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless “not worth a curse.” --Skeat. [1913 Webster]

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