PEPPERWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pepperwort mean? 

• PEPPERWORT (noun)
  The noun PEPPERWORT has 2 senses:

1. any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets

2. annual herb used as salad green and garnish

  Familiarity information: PEPPERWORT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEPPERWORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clover fern; pepperwort

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

aquatic fern; water fern (ferns that grow in water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pepperwort"):

common nardoo; Marsilea drummondii; nardo; nardoo (Australian clover fern)

Marsilea quadrifolia; water clover (water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves)

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

genus Marsilea; Marsilea (clover ferns)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Annual herb used as salad green and garnish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common garden cress; garden pepper cress; Lepidium sativum; pepper grass; pepperwort

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

cress; cress plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)

Meronyms (parts of "pepperwort"):

garden cress (cress cultivated for salads and garnishes)

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

genus Lepidium; Lepidium (cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress)