[Fr.; = CRESS.]
† 1. = CRESS. Obs. rare.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 13. As much abhorred Cabbages, as himself did the Cressons.
2. A shade of green used for ladies’ dresses.
1883. Cassell’s Fam. Mag., Oct., 698/2. The velvet is the new cress-green … known by the name of ‘cresson’ or watercress.
1884. Girl’s Own Paper, 29 Nov., 136/1. The newest greens are called cresson and ‘fir-green.’
