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LEPIDIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress

Synonyms:

genus Lepidium; Lepidium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lepidium" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Lepidium"):

common garden cress; garden pepper cress; Lepidium sativum; pepper grass; pepperwort (annual herb used as salad green and garnish)

Holonyms ("Lepidium" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)

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