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pennycresses

pennycresses is the plural of pennycress.

Meaning of pennycress

Noun

pennycress (plural pennycresses)

  1. Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny).
    • “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177

Questions about pennycresses

What is pennycresses the plural of?
Pennycresses is the plural of pennycress.

Words near pennycresses in the dictionary

  1. penny-wise and pound-foolish
  2. pennyante
  3. Pennyburn
  4. Pennycook
  5. pennycress
  6. pennycresses
  7. pennying
  8. pennyings
  9. pennyland
  10. pennylands
  11. pennyless

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