Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any plant of the genus Lepidium; in England, especially, L. latifolium, the dittander.
  • noun Any plant of the natural order Marsileaceæ.

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

  • noun (Bot.) See peppergrass.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish
  • noun any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets

Etymologies

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From pepper +‎ wort.

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Examples

  • He could go to the forest and gather pepperwort for drying.

    Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973

  • Galilee, to the quiet surface of the Lake of Tiberias, to shepherds as peaceful as doves, or as sheep, who feed there among thyme and pepperwort.

    Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881

  • (origanum vulgare), oil of thyme, and the oils of pepperwort and wild bergamot and used mainly as fungicide and insecticide, disinfectant and food flavoring, and sometimes used as a scent in making perfume.

    EzineArticles 2010

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    July 2, 2010