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ˈwater-ˌpepper
[Cf. G. wasserpfeffer (from 16th c.).]
1. The acrid plant Polygonum Hydropiper or smartweed. In Lyte also water-pepperwort.
1538Turner Libellus, Eupatorium, water peper. 1578Lyte Dodoens v. lxvii. 632 This herbe is called in English, Water pepper, or Water-pepperwurt, and of some Curagie. 1635Swan Spec. Mundi vi. iv. (1643) 253 Arsmart, or water Pepper, groweth almost in every waterish plash. 1866Treas. Bot. 915/1.
2. A book-name for the N.O. Elatinaceæ.
1830Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 159 Elatineæ. The Water-Pepper Tribe. 1846― Veg. Kingd. 480 Elatinaceæ.—Water-Peppers. |