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Definition of Peppergrass
1. n. Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor.
Definition of Peppergrass
1. Noun. Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus ''Lepidium'', especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, ''Lepidium sativum''; pepperwort. ¹
2. Noun. The common pillwort of Europe (''Pilularia globulifera''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Peppergrass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"peppergrass. Elements of seed in surface view. Significance of reference letters
same as in Fig. 152. ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1868)
"Oh, my dear sir, there is a certain Mr. peppergrass come to tho city, ... Mrs.
peppergrass wilt send them all to church, and every Sunday the maids have to ..."
3. Shoepac Recollections: A Way-side Glimpse of American Life by Orlando Bolivar] [Wilcox (1856)
"Brother peppergrass was then called on for a prayer, and the meeting knelt again.
Mrs. peppergrass was deeply moved; her sighs choked into gasps, ..."
4. Shoepac Recollections: A Way-side Glimpse of American Life by Orlando Bolivar] [Wilcox (1856)
"Brother peppergrass was then called on for a prayer, and the meeting knelt again.
Mrs. peppergrass was deeply moved ; her sighs choked into gasps, ..."
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