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dittander

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: [dɪˈtændə]
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noun

Meaning 1

A peppergrass of species Lepidium latifolium, native from Iberia to the Himalayas, introduced elsewhere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: broadleaved pepperweed, dittany, perennial pepperweed, pepperwort, peppergrass, tall whitetop

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From an Anglo-Norman or Middle English form ditaundere attested in a glossary ca. 1265 and by an obscure reason extended from the word underlying dittany.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَشَاد عَرِيض الْأَوْرَاق (rašād ʕarīḍ al-ʔawrāq) — Lepidium latifolium
  • Arabic: شَيْطَرَج (šayṭaraj) — Lepidium latifolium
  • Catalan: morritort salvatge — Lepidium latifolium
  • Dutch: peperkers — Lepidium latifolium
  • Finnish: isokrassi — Lepidium latifolium
  • French: grande passerage — Lepidium latifolium
  • German: Pfefferkraut — Lepidium latifolium
  • Ancient Greek: γιγγίδιον (gingídion) — Lepidium latifolium
  • Hungarian: széleslevelű zsázsa — Lepidium latifolium
  • Hungarian: nagy zsázsa — Lepidium latifolium
  • Russian: клопо́вник широколи́стный (klopóvnik širokolístnyj) — Lepidium latifolium
  • Ukrainian: хріниця широколиста (xrinycja šyrokolysta) — Lepidium latifolium
  • Welsh: pupurlys llydanddail — Lepidium latifolium