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Cress vs Replum - What's the difference?

cress | replum |

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

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 replum is (botany) the framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.

As nouns the difference between cress and replum

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 replum is (botany) the framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.

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

    replum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.
    • (Gray)
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