pepperwort

English

Etymology

From pepper +‎ wort.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpəwəːt/

Noun

pepperwort (plural pepperworts)

Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander, Lepidium latifolium), which is a member of the mustard and cabbage family. [from 16th c.]
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 219:
  Our common Pepperwort sends forth somewhat long and broad leaves, of a light bluish-green colour, finely dented about the edges and pointed at the ends […]
Any of various species of plant in the genus Marsilea, especially Marsilea minuta.

Synonyms

mithridate, mithridate mustard (obs.)

Translations

plant in the genus Lepidium

Armenian: կոտեմ (hy) (kotem)
Czech: řeřicha (cs) f
Danish: karse
Dutch: kruidkers (nl) f
Finnish: krassi (fi)
French: lepidium (fr) m, passerage (fr) f, corne-de-cerf f, cresson (fr) m
German: Kressen (de) pl
Greek:
Ancient: λεπίδιον n (lepídion), ἰβηρίς f (ibērís)
Hungarian: zsázsa (hu)
Latin: siliquastrum n
Persian: ازمک‎
Polish: pieprzyca (pl)
Portuguese: lepídio m
Quechua: hanu k'ara
Russian: марси́лия f (marsílija)
Slovak: žerucha f
Spanish: lepidium m, hierba de la pimienta f

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Korean: ^{(please verify)} 다닥냉이속 (dadangnaeng'isok)
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} pipirnė
Turkmen: ^{(please verify)} ajybalgaz (tk)