Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi of the mustard family, having small round flattened seedpods, especially the Eurasian species T. arvense, a weed naturalized throughout North America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cruciferous herb, Thlaspi arvense, found throughout Europe and temperate Asia, and sparingly naturalized in the United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi; see penny cress.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
plants , of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pennycress.
Examples
-
“It showed that Alpine pennycress was best at taking in heavy metals, although neither it nor any of the other plants took in metals fast enough to achieve significant cleansing in 3 years.”
Archive 2006-01-01 2006
-
“It showed that Alpine pennycress was best at taking in heavy metals, although neither it nor any of the other plants took in metals fast enough to achieve significant cleansing in 3 years.”
Revival Field, or: 7 “terrestrial activities of aliens,” Part III 2006
-
Perennial BioEnergy LLC: Development of a biodiesel industry based on pennycress, non-food winter oilseed which can be integrated with summer cash crops such as corn and soybeans.
Teams Prepare for Round Two in the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize Competition - Yahoo! Finance 2011
-
Alpine pennycress uses metal as 'armour' against infection.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens) is a small plant in the mustard family that grows on metal-rich soils scattered around Britain and Europe, such as the sites of former mine workings.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
Because pennycress is cold-tolerant, Canadian researchers are now in full-blown investigations.
pjstar.com Home RSS 2009
-
Isbell predicts 2011 is the earliest pennycress could hit retail markets.
pjstar.com Home RSS 2009
-
It was pennycress, a weed that came to the United States as a contaminant with shipments of wheat.
pjstar.com Home RSS 2009
-
Field pennycress and shepherdspurse are weaker hosts than purple deadnettle and henbit.
Home 2009
-
Tune in next week and I will continue with field pennycress.
Home 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.