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pepperwort

DEFINITIONS OF: pepperwort

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n any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets

Synonyms:
clover fern
Types:
Marsilea drummondii, common nardoo, nardo, nardoo
Australian clover fern
Marsilea quadrifolia, water clover
water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
Type of:
aquatic fern, water fern
ferns that grow in water

n annual herb used as salad green and garnish

Synonyms:
Lepidium sativum, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass
Type of:
cress, cress plant
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
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