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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as dittany, 1.
  • noun A popular English name of the pepperwort, Lepidium latifolium, a cruciferous herb found in salt marshes. It has a hot biting taste, and has been used instead of pepper. Also called cockweed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).

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  • noun botany A kind of peppergrass, Lepidium latifolium.

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See dittany.

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