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LEPIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepidium mean? 

LEPIDIUM (noun)
  The noun LEPIDIUM has 1 sense:

1. cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cressplay

  Familiarity information: LEPIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEPIDIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lepidium; Lepidium

Hypernyms ("Lepidium" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Lepidium"):

common garden cress; garden pepper cress; Lepidium sativum; pepper grass; pepperwort (annual herb used as salad green and garnish)

Holonyms ("Lepidium" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)


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