dittander

English

Lepidium latifolium – dittander

Alternative forms

• ditander

Etymology

From an Anglo-Norman or Middle English form ditaundere attested in a glossary ca. 1265 and by an obscure reason extended from the word underlying dittany.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [dɪˈtændə]

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

dittander (uncountable)

1. A peppergrass of species Lepidium latifolium, native from Iberia to the Himalayas, introduced elsewhere.

   Synonyms: broadleaved pepperweed, dittany, perennial pepperweed, pepperwort, peppergrass, tall whitetop

Translations

Lepidium latifolium

• Arabic: رَشَاد عَرِيض الْأَوْرَاق m (rašād ʕarīḍ al-ʔawrāq), شَيْطَرَج m (šayṭaraj)
• Catalan: morritort salvatge m
• Dutch: peperkers (nl) f
• Finnish: isokrassi
• French: grande passerage (fr) f
• German: Pfefferkraut n
• Greek:

  Ancient: γιγγίδιον n (gingídion)

• Hungarian: széleslevelű zsázsa, nagy zsázsa
• Russian: клопо́вник широколи́стный m (klopóvnik širokolístnyj)
• Ukrainian: хріниця широколиста f (xrinycja šyrokolysta)
• Welsh: pupurlys llydanddail m

References

• dittander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lepidium latifolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lepidium latifolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons