Lepidium

See also: lepidium

Translingual

Lepidium sativum (garden cress)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπίδιον (lepídion).

Proper noun

Lepidium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – peppergrasses.

Synonyms

(genus): Stroganowia, Winklera

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Lepidium latifolium (broadleaved pepperweed, dittander, dittany); for other species see Lepidium on WikispeciesWikispecies or Lepidium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

Microlepidium

Further reading

Lepidium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lepidium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lepidium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Lepidium at USDA Plants database
Lepidium at Brassibase

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