Etymology

town cress

Today it means: garden cress, or peppergrass. Full definition →

Middle English tonncresse ← Old English tuuncressa
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  1. Old English · inherited fromtuuncressa
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtonncresse
  3. English todaytown cress

From Middle English tonncresse, from Old English tuuncressa.

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