lepidium sativum

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lepidium sativum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially
         the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium   sativum
         ; -- called also pepperwort. All the species
         have a pungent flavor.
     (b) The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera).
         See Pillwort.
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  Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [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.)
     A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves
     have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and
     antiscorbutic.
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     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.
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                 To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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     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.
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lepidium sativum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lepidium sativum
      n 1: annual herb used as salad green and garnish [syn: common garden cress
           , garden pepper cress, pepper grass,
           pepperwort, Lepidium sativum]