# lamb's cress

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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