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pepperwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pepperwort has 2 senses
- pepperwort(n = noun.plant) clover fern - any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets; Array is a kind of aquatic fern, water fern
- pepperwort(n = noun.plant) common garden cress, garden pepper cress, lepidium sativum, pepper grass - annual herb used as salad green and garnish; Array has parts: garden cress
is a member of genus marsilea, marsilea
has particulars: common nardoo, marsilea drummondii, nardo, nardoo, marsilea quadrifolia, water clover
is a kind of cress, cress plant
is a member of genus lepidium, lepidium
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pepperwort, n. any cruciferous plant of the genus Lepidium, esp. garden cress.
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