lepidium
Meanings
noun
- Any cruciferous plant of the genus Lepidium, often called garden cresses or pepperworts.
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Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Lepidium, from Latin lepidium and Ancient Greek λεπίδιον (lepídion, literally “little scale”), diminutive of λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake”).
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