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whitetop

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of covered wagon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: covered wagon

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Lepidium draba (hoary cress, hoary peppercress, perennial peppergrass, tall whitetop), a perennial herb of family Brassicaceae that reproduces by seeds and by horizontal creeping roots.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Whitetop is an invasive species in North America.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Rhynchospora colorata (starrush whitetop, white star sedge, white-topped sedge), a plant from the family Cyperaceae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From white + top.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قُنَابَرَى (qunābarā) — Lepidium draba
  • Arabic: قُنَّابَرَى (qunnābarā) — Lepidium draba
  • Arabic: قُنَّيْبْرَة (qunnaybra) — Lepidium draba
  • Arabic: غُمْلُول (ḡumlūl) — Lepidium draba
  • Armenian: խռուկ (xṙuk) — Lepidium draba
  • German: Pfeilkresse — Lepidium draba
  • Ancient Greek: δράβη (drábē) — Lepidium draba
  • Ancient Greek: ἀραβίς (arabís) — Lepidium draba
  • Persian: برغست (barġast) — Lepidium draba
  • Russian: клопо́вник крупковидный (klopóvnik krupkovidnyj) — Lepidium draba
  • Serbo-Croatian: renika — Lepidium draba