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Noun: pepperwort  'pe-pu(r),wurt
  1. Any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
    - clover fern
     
  2. Annual herb used as salad green and garnish
    - common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, Lepidium sativum

Derived forms: pepperworts

Type of: aquatic fern, cress, cress plant, water fern

Part of: genus Lepidium, genus Marsilea, Lepidium, Marsilea

Encyclopedia: Pepperwort

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