(n.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The capacity of new selected sorts of rape and winter cress oils to decrease a high cholesterol level in the blood and liver was studied in "cholesterol" rats.
(2) In Martinique water-cress beds constituted the last transmission sites for schistosomiasis.
(3) The uptake of 14C from various 14C-labeled organic chemicals from different chemical classes by barley and cress seedlings from soil was studied for 7 days in a closed aerated laboratory apparatus.
(4) The effect of washing mustard and cress, cucumber and the different layers of lettuce leaves was examined.
(5) It is suggested that rape oil ("Agat", "Kubanskoye") and winter cress oil ("Sibiryachka") initiate the lipid transport in the blood and tissues thus leading to the reduction of the cholesterol level in the blood and liver tissue in "cholesterol" rats.
(6) Experimental studies on 16 water-cress pools with cases of human fasciolasis in Limousin were undertaken.
(7) The intermediate host snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, was considered in the past as a common species in the different habitats of the island, but during the last decade it has been found only in water-cress beds.
(8) Several of these water-cress cultures contained mixed populations of B. glabrata and B. straminea.
(9) The danger of eating water cress is emphasized for this momentary delight may lead to a chronic debilitating illness.
(10) The effect of nonpurified condensate obtained during prolonged cultivation of batata in a sealed chamber upon batata cuttings and seedlings of garden cress, radish and Chinese cabbage was studied.
(11) 6-HKA was found to be devoid of antibacterial and antifungal activity, and was inactive in the Avena-coleoptile and cress-seed-germination tests.
(12) You’ve been seeing him on the TV for years and years and years,” Cress said, adding that the frontrunner stands for “jobs, money, [not] getting ripped off by other countries”.
(13) Cress, who owns a fireworks business in New Mexico and imports his stock from China, was unperturbed by Trump’s promise of tariffs on imports from the country.
(14) Normal human plasma contained no antibodies to structural proteins of tobacco mosaic, cucumber mosaic, and rock-cress mosaic viruses.
(15) This greater appearance is probably related to the dietary habits in those areas, since the consumption of water cress is undoubtedly the principal source of contamination and is entirely responsible for the rest of the epidemiology of the diseases in humans.
(16) The two remaining water-cress beds have dried up and were abandoned.
(17) However, the water-cress was that which presented the highest frequencies of enteroparasites.
(18) After extraction from the cells, the compounds were purified with column and thin layer layer chromatography on silica gel, bioassayed for inhibition of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.) radicle elongation, and identified with ms, ir, nmr, and co-chromatography with authentic standards.
(19) It was given as sodium tellurate, sodium tellurite, metallic colloid and intrinsically bound in cress.
(20) Thai marinated monk fish with sweet potato fondant, pak choi, thai red curry sauce and coriander cress.
Salad
Definition:
(n.) A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.
(n.) A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
(2) Donors ate a typical Israeli breakfast of salad, cheese, yoghurt and pastries.
(3) Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin for the Observer Nigel Slater's cold noodle and tomato salad makes a nice grownup supper with leftovers for the packed lunch.
(4) The objective of the study was to develop a method of assessing the relationship, rather than the absolute magnitude of the relationship, of production time for salads and the number of servings prepared in a university residence hall foodservice.
(5) Even if some of those customers visit every day, and some just opt for a salad, that is a lot of Nandinos – and a lot of chicken.
(6) A gradual decrease in the number of viable L. monocytogenes cells was observed in juice and sauce held at 21 degrees C. In contrast, the organism died rapidly when suspended in commercial tomato ketchup at 5 and 21 degrees C. Unlike low-acid raw salad vegetables such as lettuce, broccoli, asparagus, and cauliflower on which we have observed L. monocytogenes grow at refrigeration temperatures, tomatoes are not a good growth substrate for the organism.
(7) Munn has by this time long finished his chicken salad and declines my offer of another half of lager.
(8) Photograph: William Latkin I served these in quenelles with a little green salad and some grape focaccia.
(9) For a score based on consumption of only the 3 specified salad items the odds ratio over the extreme quartiles was 0.12 (0.05-0.32).
(10) While it might seem like a good idea to pick up several bags of salad when you spot the "buy one get one free" deal, your masses of salad won't look quite as appetising when it starts to go brown a few days later.
(11) Three ways with cider vinegar • Winter salad dressing Boil two shallots with a few juniper berries and thyme leaves, then reduce 150ml cider vinegar by half and mix with the above.
(12) Perhaps the powers from on high will decide that picnics in Kensington Gardens can only comprise quinoa salads and raw broccoli.
(13) Three foods were preferred by case patients more frequently than by control patients: tuna fish, chicken salad, and cheese.
(14) Their appetite for double entendres on Bake Off - which prompted a complaint to the BBC’s Points of View that they get “smuttier and smuttier, and it is totally unnecessary” - was already evident at Light Lunch when word came down from on high at Channel 4 that there were too many references to “tossing a salad”.
(15) This represents the first major outbreak of typhoid fever in which a salad has been identified as the vehicle.
(16) It went into tinned soups, salad dressings, processed meats, carbohydrate-based snacks, ice cream, bread, canned tuna, chewing gum, baby food and soft drinks.
(17) I used to be about fast food but now I’m about salad,” said Manuel Barra, 22, a star member of the the Green Leaf Killer team (motto: Ride.
(18) At Le Bouquet Garni (+33 4 93 86 20 71, 1 rue Palmaro, about £30pp), run by a family from Rome, the standout dish was a simple tomato and mozzarella salad made with the freshest, creamiest burrata .
(19) If you forgo alcohol, incidentally, you could eat one of a handful of the main courses which come in just under £10, such as a special of smoked haddock with summer vegetables, soft poached egg and herb velouté, or the homemade fish fingers with salad and tartare sauce.
(20) Vegetables or salad crops were not irrigated with effluent.