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4 words match “WATER CRESS”

WATER CRESS n.
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.
SALAD n.
A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc. Leaves eaten raw termed salad. I. Watts.
WATER GRASS n.
The water cress. (3)
WATER RADISH n.
A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.