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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large genus of cruciferous plants, chiefly herbs, of the tribe Lepidineæ, distinguished by the dehiscent pod, which is almost always two-seeded, and by the white flowers. About 100 species have been enumerated, which may be reduced to from 60 to 80, distributed over the warm regions of the world. They are commonly known as peppergrasses.
- n. In zoology, a genus of thysanurous insects. Also written Lepidion.
WordNet 3.0
- n. cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress
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“In the little thicket of the Pejual, near the purple-flowered befaria, grows a heath-leaved hedyotis, eight feet high; the caparosa, * which is a large arborescent hypericum; a lepidium, which appears identical with that of Virginia; and lastly, lycopodiaceous plants and mosses, which cover the rocks and roots of the trees.”
“Two new species of lycopodium, the thyoides, and the aristatum, are seen lower down, near the Puerto de la Silla.); a lepidium, which appears identical with that of Virginia; and lastly, lycopodiaceous plants and mosses, which cover the rocks and roots of the trees.”
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