cress plant vs watercress

watercress vs cress plant

cress plant and watercress both are nouns.

cress plant is not an adjective while watercress is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cress plant	Yes	No	No	No
watercress	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, watercress is a hyponym of cress plant; that is, watercress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cress plant:

cress plant: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
watercress: any of several water-loving cresses

Other hyponyms of cress plant include Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress, Arabidopsis lyrata, rock cress, rockcress, Arabis glabra, tower cress, tower mustard, Turritis glabra, scurvy grass, St. Barbara's herb, winter cress, bitter cress, bittercress, Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass, scurvy grass, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, Lepidium sativum, pepper grass, pepperwort.

cress plant (noun)	watercress (noun)
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste	cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams
	any of several water-loving cresses

cress plant (adjective)	watercress (adjective)
	of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green

Difference between cress plant and watercress

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