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語源 1

From 中期英語 cresse, crasse, from 古期英語 cressa, cærse (“cress”), from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô (“cress”). Cognate with West Frisian kers (“cress”), Dutch kers (“cress”), German Kresse (“cress”), Danish karse (“cress”), Swedish krasse (“cress”), Icelandic krassi (“cress”).

発音

• IPA: /kɹɛs/
• 韻: -ɛs

名詞

cress (countable and uncountable, plural cresses)

1. (botany) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 70:

     Marcus Empiricus, a Roma physician, prescribed three scruples of cress, three of red onion, three of pine seed, three of Indian nard, for impotence.

派生語

派生した語

• → Russian: кресс (kress)

語源 2

名詞

cress (plural cresses)

1. Archaic form of kris.