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noun
Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander, species Lepidium latifolium), which is a member of the mustard and cabbage family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various species of plant in the genus Marsilea, especially Marsilea minuta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
annual herb used as salad green and garnish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, Lepidium sativum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cress, cress plant
noun
any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: clover fern
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aquatic fern, water fern
Narrower terms: nardoo, nardo, common nardoo, Marsilea drummondii, water clover, Marsilea quadrifolia
History
From pepper + wort.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
