A Eurasian cress which grows in running water and whose pungent leaves are used in salad.
水田芥，水蔊菜
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, family Cruciferae
Example sentencesExamples
Most aquatic plants prefer calm water, with the exception of watercress, which seems to prefer moving water.
The watercress plants would grow from seeds sprayed from the air.
Off the land there were mushrooms, snails in the dry-stone walls, watercress in the ditches, rock pigeon and hare - my brother had a lurcher dog called Jess.
Edible plants for your pond include watercress, water chestnuts, and arrowhead or Wapato.
Jobs in one of Hampshire's most distinctive industries, watercress growing, are under threat from government proposals.
Definition of watercress in US English:
watercress
noun
A cress that grows in running water and whose pungent leaves are used in salad.
水田芥，水蔊菜
Nasturtium officinale, family Brassicaceae
Example sentencesExamples
Jobs in one of Hampshire's most distinctive industries, watercress growing, are under threat from government proposals.
Edible plants for your pond include watercress, water chestnuts, and arrowhead or Wapato.
Most aquatic plants prefer calm water, with the exception of watercress, which seems to prefer moving water.
The watercress plants would grow from seeds sprayed from the air.
Off the land there were mushrooms, snails in the dry-stone walls, watercress in the ditches, rock pigeon and hare - my brother had a lurcher dog called Jess.