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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: cressplay

    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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