Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peppergrass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pep-per-grass
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The pillwort, or European pillwort (Pilularia globulifera).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass."
"To this group belong feeds such as: Silage, alfalfa hay, turnips, kale, apples, potatoes, beet pulp, beet tops, rape, cabbage; and also weeds such as garlic, scaleweed, dog-fennel, tarweed, peppergrass, wild mustard, and others."

Etymology

From pepper + grass.

Usage

Inflected Forms

peppergrasses (plural)

Synonyms

pepperwort peppercress

Questions

What does peppergrass mean?: Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum
Where does peppergrass come from?: From pepper + grass.

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