dittander

English

Alternative forms

ditander

Etymology

From an Anglo-Norman or Middle English form ditaundere attested in a glossary ca. 1265 and by an obscure reason extended from the word underlying dittany.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [dɪˈtændə]
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

dittander (uncountable)

A peppergrass of species Lepidium latifolium, native from Iberia to the Himalayas, introduced elsewhere.
Synonyms: broadleaved pepperweed, dittany, perennial pepperweed, pepperwort, peppergrass, tall whitetop

Translations

Lepidium latifolium

Arabic: رَشَاد عَرِيض الْأَوْرَاق m (rašād ʕarīḍ al-ʔawrāq), شَيْطَرَج m (šayṭaraj)
Catalan: morritort salvatge m
Dutch: peperkers f
Finnish: isokrassi
French: grande passerage (fr) f
German: Pfefferkraut n
Greek:
Ancient: γιγγίδιον n (gingídion)
Hungarian: széleslevelű zsázsa, nagy zsázsa
Russian: клопо́вник широколи́стный m (klopóvnik širokolístnyj)
Ukrainian: хріниця широколиста f (xrinycja šyrokolysta)
Welsh: pupurlys llydanddail m

References

dittander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lepidium latifolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lepidium latifolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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