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单词 peppergrass
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peppergrassn.

Brit. /ˈpɛpəɡrɑːs/, /ˈpɛpəɡras/, U.S. /ˈpɛpərˌɡræs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pepper n., grass n.1
Etymology: < pepper n. + grass n.1
1. An (unidentified) plant. Obsolete.In the absence of any certainty as to the meaning of post-classical Latin salmea, it is impossible to be sure whether quot. ?a1500 belongs to any of the following senses, perhaps sense 3 or 4, or represents an otherwise unrecorded sense of peppergrass.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > cress
cressa700
town cresseOE
fen-cressc1000
well-cressOE
nasturtiumOE
watercressc1300
garth-cress?14..
watercress?a1450
women's meadwort?a1450
garden cressa1500
peppergrass?a1500
nosewort1563
nosesmart1589
water-rocket1605
nosewort1608
well grassa1646
cresson1657
water grass1708
tongue-grass1726
poor man's pepper1738
marsh-rocket1739
passerage1879
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 787/6 Salmea, a pepyrgresse.
2. Black cumin, Nigella sativa. Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
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1587 J. Carmichael Gram. Lat. Etymologia 37 Nigella Romana, peppergras.
3. Chiefly North American and Caribbean. Any of several sharp-tasting plants of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae) often eaten in salads, esp. pepperworts (genus Lepidium); spec. L. virginicum, common as a roadside weed in the United States (also called poor-man's pepper). Also: watercress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > other leaves
nettle top?1585
lettuce1597
green food1658
peppergrass1696
Welsh onion1731
lamb's quarter1773
Shawnee salad1780
puha1843
poke greens1848
rauriki1848
swede greens1887
swede tops1887
lettuce green1900
leafy greena1918
rapini1959
1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 80 Pepper-grass. In Jamaica & omnibus Caribeis Insulis locis saxosis, & glareosis mediterraneis reperitur.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 272 The upright branchy Pepper-grass. This plant is a native of Jamaica.
1784 J. Filson Discov. Kentucke 24 The Shawanese sallad, wild lettuce, and pepper-grass, and many more..have excellent virtues.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Peppergrass,..also, a plant of the genus Lepidium.
1859 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1857–8 3 505 Cress, Pepper Grass, Tongue Grass.—The seed of this plant is sown for an early salad.
1888 E. Laws Hist. Little Eng. beyond Wales 421 Pepper grass, mustard and cress.
1917 I. E. Mackay Up Hill & Over (1927) 53 This pepper-grass will be very nice for tea.
1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo i. 20 Mother..would go to the railroad tracks and fill baskets with pepper grass. She would boil this until it got really gummy and rub it on the wound.
1982 C. R. Bell & B. J. Taylor Florida Wild Flowers 97/2 Pepper Grass. Lepidium virginicum... Pepper Grass is identified by the flat, round, pungent fruits which are 2–3mm long.
2003 Winston-Salem (N. Carolina) Jrnl. (Nexis) 7 May e1 The second course will be a trio of seafood from the Outer Banks: Seared Yellowfin Tuna with Peppergrass Chimichurri and Turnip Crisps.
4. = pillwort n. Cf. pepperwort n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > pepperworts (pillwort and allies)
peppergrass1713
Marsilea1754
Welsh clubmoss1767
pillwort1776
pepperwort1835
1713 J. Petiver Catal. Ray's Eng. Herbal Pepper Grass... Lond. Shallow Ponds.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 760 Pilularia..globulifera... Pillwort. Pepper-grass. Pepper-moss. In grounds that have been overflowed, especially in a sandy soil.
1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 105 The pillwort or pepper-grass..is a small creeping plant with grassy leaves, growing usually in the shallow margins of lakes and pools.
1945 A. B. Jackson Step's Wayside & Woodland Ferns (new. ed.) 109 The popular name Pillwort has obvious reference to the pill-like form and size of the capsules... Alternative popular names are Pepper-grass and Pepper-moss.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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