Associations to the word «Pepperwort»

Wiktionary

PEPPERWORT, noun. Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander, Lepidium latifolium), which is a member of the mustard and cabbage family. [from 16th c.]

Dictionary definition

PEPPERWORT, noun. Any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets.
PEPPERWORT, noun. Annual herb used as salad green and garnish.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope