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Adjective watercress has 1 sense

cress green, cresson, watercress - of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)

Noun watercress has 2 senses

watercress - any of several water-loving cresses
--₁ is a kind of cress, cress plant
--₁ is a member of

Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family

--₁ has particulars:

American watercress, mountain watercress, Cardamine rotundifolia; common watercress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, Nasturtium officinale; marsh cress, yellow watercress, Rorippa islandica; great yellowcress, Rorippa amphibia, Nasturtium amphibium

watercress - cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams
--₂ is a kind of cress