peppergrass

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of various pungent cresses of the genus Lepidium, especially garden cress or Virginia peppergrass

   Peppergrass sprang up among the other sharp-tasting weeds in the field.

From pepper + grass, referring to the plant's pungent, peppery flavor rather than to true grasses. Peppergrass has named plants of the cress genus Lepidium since Middle English. Piper-grass and pipergrass are historical forms, reflecting Latin piper, 'pepper.'

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