Definition of "cresson" [cresson]

• Of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I particularly liked my entrée, which was a sort of soupe/crème de cresson -- fab!"
• "I think this are good with some bitter leaves like cresson alienois."
• "The Fr. _cresson_, from It. _crescione_, which Mr. Wedgwood cites, points in the direction of"