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Definition of American cress
1. Noun. Of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida.
Group relationships: Barbarea, Genus Barbarea
Generic synonyms: Scurvy Grass, St. Barbara's Herb, Winter Cress
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Cress
Literary usage of American cress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"The American cress is a native of Britain, and is found in watery places ; ¡t is
... It is often called black American cress, and sometimes French cress ..."
2. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"V.—The Lamb's Lettuce, Burnel, the Garden Cress, Winter Cress, American cress,
and Water Cress. 1525. The Lamb's lettuce, or corn-salad, ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1822)
"The plants will yield seed in autumn." SUBSECT. 9. American cress ... Neill observes, "
Some still consider the American cress of gardeners as a variety of ..."
4. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"American cress, or Belleisle cress (Barbarea ... It is also called by some English
seedsmen Black American cress, and also French cress. ..."
5. How to Make a Vegetable Garden: A Practical and Suggestive Manual for the by Edith Loring Jones Fullerton (1905)
"... American cress is a stockier, thicker, ranker growth than the true-water variety.
It grows slightly larger in the garden than along the brook, ..."
6. The Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticulturist: Containing the Latest and by Charles McIntosh (1828)
"Spinach Sorrel Onions, from the stores Young do. for salads Welsh Onions t American
Cress Winter Cress Burnet Water Cres Parsley Taragon Angelica Mushrooms ..."
7. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1853)
"... Wood's Early Frame ditto, Mustard and Cress, American cress, Normandy Cress (a
large-leaved kind, very different from that usually so named). ..."
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