Pepperwort

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpÉ›pÉ™wəːt/

Origin

From pepper + wort.

Full definition of pepperwort

Noun

1. Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander, ), which is a member of the mustard and cabbage family. from 16th c.
• 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 219:Our common Pepperwort sends forth somewhat long and broad leaves, of a light bluish-green colour, finely dented about the edges and pointed at the ends ....