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cress

The name given to several different members of the cabbage family, often small weeds, some cultivated as salad plants. (Family: Cruciferae.)

Cress can refer to several edible members of the family Brassicaceae used as leaf vegetables including

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.

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