Examples of “pepperwort” in a Sentence

noun Any of several perennial plants of the genus Lepidium, in the mustard and cabbage family, originally the plant called dittander.

• The pepperwort grew along the edge of the salt marsh.
• A botanist pointed out the pepperwort beside the path.
• Lepidium pepperworts belong to the same family as mustard and cabbage.
• She identified the pepperwort by its leaves.

noun Any of various plants of the genus Marsilea, especially Marsilea minuta.

• The pond was edged with pepperwort floating on the surface.