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Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus {Lepidium}, especially
the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, {Lepidium
sativum}; -- called also {pepperwort}. All the species
have a pungent flavor.
(b) The common pillwort of Europe ({Pilularia globulifera}).
See {Pillwort}.
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Pillwort \Pill"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus {Pilularia}; minute aquatic
cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes
called {peppergrass}.
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Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. {Cresses} (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves
have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and
antiscorbutic.
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Note: The garden cress, called also {peppergrass}, is the
{Lepidium sativum}; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
cresses.
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To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
--Goldsmith.
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{Bitter cress}. See under {Bitter}.

{Not worth a cress}, or {"not worth a kers."} a common old
proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a
curse." --Skeat.
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