CRESCIVE
Cres"cive (krs"sv), a. Etym: [L. crescere to increase.]
Defn: Increasing; growing. [R.]
Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty. Shak.
CRESOL
Cre"sol (kr"sl), n. Etym: [From Creosote.] (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids.
Note: [Called also cresylic acid.]
CRESORCIN
Cre*sor"cin (kr-sr"sn), n. (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Isorcin.
CRESS Cress (krs), n.; pl. Cresses (kr. Etym: [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the Nasturtium officinale. Various other plants are sometimes called cresses. To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. Goldsmith. Bitter cress. See under Bitter. — Not worth a cress, or "not worth a kers." a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a curse." Skeat.