[syn: common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially
the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium
sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species
have a pungent flavor.
(b) The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera).
See Pillwort.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pepperwort \Pep"per*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
See Peppergrass.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pepperwort
n 1: any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having
four leaflets [syn: clover fern, pepperwort]
2: annual herb used as salad green and garnish [syn: common
garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass,
pepperwort, Lepidium sativum]