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pepperwort|ˈpɛpəwɜːt|
[See wort]
1. A species of cress (Lepidium latifolium), formerly also called Dittander or Dittany; also applied to the genus Lepidium in general.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 34 b, Lepidium is called in Englishe Dittani, but foulishly and vnlearnedly; in Duche Pfefferkraut that is peperwurt. 1578Lyte Dodoens v. lxvi. 631 Dittany whiche we may more rightly cal Pepperwurt, hath long brode leaues. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 420 The herb called Nard or Pepper-wort..will presently help any Beast which is bitten by the Shrew. 1676T. Glover in Phil. Trans. XI. 629. 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex., Pepperwort, a common name for the Lepidium iberis. 1866Treas. Bot., Pepperwort, Lepidium.
b. Applied in N. America to Dentaria diphylla, also called pepper-root.
1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. I. 112 The root of..the Two⁓leaved Coral-root, is used by the Americans instead of mustard, and is called Pepper-wort. 1866Treas. Bot. 393 The roots of D[entaria] diphylla..are used..from Pennsylvania to Canada,..under the name of Pepperwort.
2. pl. A name for the family Marsileaceæ, consisting of small aquatic plants allied to the ferns.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 71 Marsileaceæ.—Pepperworts. Ibid. 72 The main feature by which Pepperworts are known as an Order from Lycopodiaceæ. 1851T. Moore (title) A Popular History of the British Ferns..comprising the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails.
b. Lindley's name for family Piperaceæ.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 515 Order cxcvi. Piperaceæ.—Pepperworts. Ibid. 516 Pepperworts are related to Buck⁓wheats, Saururads, and Nettles. |