NOUN | plant | pepperwort, clover fern | any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets |
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plant | pepperwort, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, Lepidium sativum | annual herb used as salad green and garnish |
Meaning | Any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets. | |
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Synonym | clover fern | |
Member of | Marsilea, genus Marsilea | clover ferns |
Narrower | nardoo, nardo, common nardoo, Marsilea drummondii | Australian clover fern |
water clover, Marsilea quadrifolia | water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves | |
Broader | aquatic fern, water fern | ferns that grow in water |
Meaning | annual herb used as salad green and garnish. | |
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Synonyms | common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, Lepidium sativum | |
Member of | Lepidium, genus Lepidium | cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs |
Parts | garden cress | cress / cress cultivated for salads and garnishes |
Broader | cress, cress plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste |
Spanish | lepidium |
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