Peppergrass

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum countable, uncountable

    "Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass."

  2. 2
    The pillwort, or European pillwort (Pilularia globulifera). countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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dittandergrassoatspeppercresspepperwortpillwort

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"Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass."

Etymology

From pepper + grass.

Related phrases

garden cresslepidium sativum

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