Definition of Genus Lepidium

1. Noun. Cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lepidium

genus Leishmania
genus Leitneria
genus Lemaireocereus
genus Lemna
genus Lemur
genus Lens
genus Lentinus
genus Leonotis
genus Leontideus
genus Leontocebus
genus Leontodon
genus Leontopodium
genus Leonurus
genus Lepas
genus Lepechinia
genus Lepidium (current term)
genus Lepidobotrys
genus Lepidochelys
genus Lepidocybium
genus Lepidothamnus
genus Lepiota
genus Lepisma
genus Lepisosteus
genus Lepomis
genus Leptarrhena
genus Leptinotarsa
genus Leptodactylus
genus Leptoglossus
genus Leptopteris
genus Leptoptilus

Literary usage of Genus Lepidium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1901)
"... has been treated as a species of the genus Lepidium. The Lepidium Draba of that author is the type which, according to the law of priority should, ..."

2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"... the position of the cotyledons, although possessing a high value in separating many cruciferous genera, completely breaks down in the genus Lepidium, ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... of which the foliage has a pungent, mustard-like taste, and is used as a salad. It is sometimes more strictly confined to the genus Lepidium, a, ..."

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