'Pepperwort' definitions:
Definition of 'pepperwort'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets [syn: clover fern, pepperwort]
noun
Annual herb used as salad green and garnish [syn: common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum]
Definition of 'Pepperwort'
From: GCIDE
- Pepperwort \Pep"per*wort`\, n. (Bot.) See Peppergrass. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pepperwort'
From: GCIDE
- Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.) (a) 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. (b) The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera). See Pillwort. [1913 Webster]