Peppergrass

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pillwort \Pill"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     Any plant of the genus {Pilularia}; minute aquatic
     cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes
     called {peppergrass}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. {Cresses} (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
     ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
     G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
     chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
     A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves
     have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and
     antiscorbutic.
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     Note: The garden cress, called also {peppergrass}, is the
           {Lepidium sativum}; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
           officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
           cresses.
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                 To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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     {Bitter cress}. See under {Bitter}.
  
     {Not worth a cress}, or {"not worth a kers."} a common old
        proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a
        curse." --Skeat.
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