On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Watercress. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as cress or cresson and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Watercress in a sentence
Watercress meaning
- A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.
- A similar plant, Nasturtium microphyllum.
Using Watercress
- The main meaning on this page is: A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish. | A similar plant, Nasturtium microphyllum.
- Useful related words include: cress, cress green, cresson, chromatic.
- In the example corpus, watercress often appears in combinations such as: the watercress, watercress and, watercress line.
Context around Watercress
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Watercress
- In this selection, "watercress" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fresh, raw, chronic, line, supplementation and beds stand out and add context to how "watercress" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include along the watercress line s and and a watercress salad. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "watercress" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with watercress
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lettuce, watercress, endive, and celery, make fine salads. (8 words)
Both cases the watercress samples obtained healthier fatty acids profiles. (10 words)
Acute and chronic watercress supplementation attenuates exercise-induced peripheral mononuclear cell DNA damage and lipid peroxidation. (16 words)
Watercress is packed full of nutritious goodness with over 50 vital vitamins and minerals while gram for gram it contains more vitamin C than an orange, more vitamin E than broccoli, more folate than a banana and more calcium than milk. (41 words)
The adults go for the chicken supreme which comes with Hampshire watercress wild mushroom and smoked potatoes, and a venison and stilton pie, from the special's menu, which comes with dauphinoise potatoes, roasted root veg and red wine jus. (40 words)
Don’t worry though if picking nettles is a stretch or if your chances of finding a bunch of sorrel or or wild garlic are slim, supermarket greens will also make these dishes sing; try watercress, spinach and spring greens. (40 words)
The Watercress Company said: “These muffins are delicious for a celebratory festive breakfast, dinner or teatime, though perhaps leave off the frosting first thing in the morning! (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fresh watercress and crumbles of pecan crisp go on top, and it's finished with truffle honey.
People usually become infected by eating raw watercress or other water plants contaminated with immature parasite larvae.
President of the Watercress Line, Richard Lacey, told the Chronicle: “I think we’re all over the moon to win this award.
The movie is an adaptation of a book by Wild Pork and Watercress, and, as usual, Waititi gives it a lot of his own spin.
Acute and chronic watercress supplementation attenuates exercise-induced peripheral mononuclear cell DNA damage and lipid peroxidation.
But scattered around the area there were various small watercress beds being cultivated, possible wherever a river or stream flowed nearby.
The adults go for the chicken supreme which comes with Hampshire watercress wild mushroom and smoked potatoes, and a venison and stilton pie, from the special's menu, which comes with dauphinoise potatoes, roasted root veg and red wine jus.
The Watercress Company said: “These muffins are delicious for a celebratory festive breakfast, dinner or teatime, though perhaps leave off the frosting first thing in the morning!
Visitors can find out how the magic makes the locomotives move and can step on and off the heritage trains at various stations along the Watercress Line’s 10-mile route.
Watercress is packed full of nutritious goodness with over 50 vital vitamins and minerals while gram for gram it contains more vitamin C than an orange, more vitamin E than broccoli, more folate than a banana and more calcium than milk.
But have it with chunks of the fruit, watercress and prawns for a healthy salad that provides plenty of vitamin C, fibre and protein.
A final, meaty dish comprises roasted Australian lamb served with homemade mustard and a watercress salad.
Among the first-course options is golden and red beet tzimmes, which is made with watercress, challah croutons and pickled apples.
Don’t worry though if picking nettles is a stretch or if your chances of finding a bunch of sorrel or or wild garlic are slim, supermarket greens will also make these dishes sing; try watercress, spinach and spring greens.
I picked wild watercress and black raspberries, plucked mussels from rocks at low tide, made frittatas from fresh eggs.
Lettuce, watercress, endive, and celery, make fine salads.
Serve fresh watercress snippets on your star dishes for a glorious presentation at your next dinner party.
The soup of the day was watercress and gorgonzola, which sounds like something Roald Dahl would have The Twits choose.
Both cases the watercress samples obtained healthier fatty acids profiles.
Nitric Oxide, 12, 237–243 Because chemical agents do not provide efficient microbial reductions, watercress has been tested with gamma irradiation treatment in order to improve both safety and the shelf life of the product.
Common combinations with watercress
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: