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noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: weed
Narrower terms: field pennycress, French weed, fanweed, penny grass, stinkweed, mithridate mustard, Thlaspi arvense
History
From penny + cress.
Across languages
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