caresses

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The falling stream vanished into a deep growth of cresses and water-plants, and they could hear it tinkling away in green tunnels, down long gentle slopes towards the fens of Entwash Vale far away.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

If they found me icy there 'Mid the lilies and pale whorls Of the cresses in my curls Wet of raven hair— Fool and coward! are you such?

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

It is so pleasant in the winter sunshine, with the brook babbling among the rushes and cresses, and little Thekla prattling by my side, and pretending to help.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle

Soon she emerged under a heavy load, her basket, as of old, covered with crisp, green cresses.

From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous

This distinguished warrior was brought up, like the inferior Persians, on bread, cresses, and water; and, notwithstanding the temptations of a luxurious and voluptuous court, he rigorously adhered to his simple diet.

From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)