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PEPPER GRASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual herb used as salad green and garnish
Synonyms:
common garden cress; garden pepper cress; Lepidium sativum; pepper grass; pepperwort
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pepper grass" is a kind of...):
cress; cress plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)
Meronyms (parts of "pepper grass"):
garden cress (cress cultivated for salads and garnishes)
Holonyms ("pepper grass" is a member of...):
genus Lepidium; Lepidium (cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress)