peppergrass

Meaning

1. Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; pepperwort.
2. The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera).

Synonyms

garden cress

hoary cress

pepperwort

Miner’s pepperwort

Poorman’s pepper

Virginia pepperweed

Virginian peppercress

common pepperweed

globed-podded hoarycress

globed-podded hoarycress or whitetop

greenflower pepperweed

garden pepper cress

poor man’s pepper

whitetop

heart-pod hoary-cress

heart-pod hoarycress

heart-podded hoarycress

hoary chess

miners pepperweed

pepperweed whitetop

poorman pepperweed

poorman’s-pepperwort

prairie pepperweed

white-top

whitetop or hoary cress

Translations

الرشّاد

morritort

Gartenkresse

Pfeilkresse

virginische Kresse

κάρδαμο

cresson alénois

crescione

Cardaria draba

Lepidium densiflorum

Lepidium ruderale

Lepidium virginicum

acı tere otu

tere

Etymology

From pepper + grass.