peppergrass
peppergrass noun: any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum.
Noun
peppergrass (countable and uncountable, plural peppergrasses)
- Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum
- Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.1944, Oregon. Agricultural experiment station, Circular of Information - Issues 323-395, page 3
- To this group belong feeds such as: Silage, alfalfa hay, turnips, kale, apples, potatoes, beet pulp, beet tops, rape, cabbage; and also weeds such as garlic, scaleweed, dog-fennel, tarweed, peppergrass, wild mustard, and others.1951, Practical Butter Manufacture, a Manual for Buttermakers, page 25
- Synonyms:
- pepperwort, peppercress
- The pillwort, or European pillwort (Pilularia globulifera).
Synonyms of peppergrass
Forms of peppergrass
| plural | peppergrasses |
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Origin of peppergrass
From pepper + grass.
Questions about peppergrass
- What does peppergrass mean?
- Peppergrass means any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum.
- What part of speech is peppergrass?
- Peppergrass is a noun.
- What is the plural of peppergrass?
- The plural of peppergrass is peppergrasses.
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