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Cress vs Nosesmart - What's the difference?

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In botany|lang=en terms the difference between cress and nosesmart

is that cress is (botany) a plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous the leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic while nosesmart is (botany) a kind of pungent cress.

As nouns the difference between cress and nosesmart

is that cress is (botany) a plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous the leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic while nosesmart is (botany) a kind of pungent cress.

cress

English

(wikipedia cress)

Noun

(es)
  • (botany) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

    • Derived terms

    * garden cress * land cress * watercress * alpine rock cress * bulbous cress * cedar glade cress * hoary bitter cress * hoary cress * Indian cress * marsh cress * peppercress * rockcress * thale cress, mouse-ear cress * wart cress * winter cress

    nosesmart

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (botany) A kind of pungent cress.
    • (Webster 1913)