pepperwort

English

Etymology

From pepper +‎ wort.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpəwəːt/

Noun

pepperwort (plural pepperworts)

1. Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander, species Lepidium latifolium), which is a member of the mustard and cabbage family. [from 16th c.]
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 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 […]

2. 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)
• Bulgarian: гору́ха f (gorúha)
• 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: клопо́вник (ru) m (klopóvnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: grbica (sh) f, grbaštica f
• Slovak: žerucha (sk) 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)