lepidium

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Lepidium, from Latin lepidium and Ancient Greek λεπίδιον (lepídion, literally “little scale”), diminutive of λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

genus Lepidium

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