Etymology

lamb's cress

Today it means: An annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green. Full definition →

Middle English *lambes-cresse ← Old English lambes cerse
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  1. Old English · inherited fromlambes cerse“lamb's cress”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*lambes-cresse
  3. English todaylamb's cress

From Middle English *lambes-cresse, from Old English lambes cerse (“lamb's cress”), equivalent to lamb + -'s + cress.

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