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Cress can refer to several edible members of the family Brassicaceae used as leaf vegetables including Genera See text. ... Chinese cabbage Swiss chard Leaf vegetables, also called greens or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. ...

  • watercress
  • land cress (also known as Belle Isle cress, Early yellowrocket, American cress, dryland cress, upland cress, cassabully, creasy salad, Early winter cress, American cress and American watercress).
  • garden cress (also known as garden pepper cress, pepper grass or pepperwort)
  • winter cress (also known as Yellow rockets, Barbarea)
  • rock cress

Cress may also refer to the name given to the character Cless Alvein in the North American translation of the Game Boy Advance video game Tales of Phantasia. Cress is also a useful ingredience in practical jokes. Species Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Karsten Rorippa microphylla (Boenn. ... Watercress, which is rich in vitamins and peppery-flavoured, is a favourite garnish but unfortunately requires more water than the ordinary gardener can provide. ... Binomial name Lepidium sativum Garden cress is a fast-growing, edible member of the family Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae), or the mustard family. ... Species The Winter cresses or Yellow rockets comprise the genus Barbarea, small herbaceous plants of temperate regions with edible dark-green leaves. ... Tales of Phantasia (or sometimes Tales of Fantasia) (Japanese: テイルズ オブ ファンタジア, Teiruzu obu Fantajia ) is a Super Famicom game in the RPG genre created by Namco and released in 1995. ...


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Cress Water - Water Management and Reed-bed Treatment Systems
Cress Water Limited, based in Devon, England, specialises in the design and installation of reed-beds, ponds and wetlands in a variety of combinations for:
The condition has developed over many years and treatment is now urgent."
Garden cress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (257 words)
Garden cress is a perennial plant, and an important green vegetable consumed by human beings, most typically as a garnish or as a leaf vegetable.
Garden cress is found to contain significant amounts of iron, calcium and folic acid, in addition to vitamins A and C. The garden cress produces an orange flower suitable for decorative use and also produces fruits which, when immature, are very much like caper berries.
Garden cress is suitable for hydroponic cultivation and thrives in water that is slightly alkaline.
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