Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peppergrass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus {Lepidium}, especially
the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, {Lepidium
sativum}; -- called also {pepperwort}. All the species
have a pungent flavor.
(b) The common pillwort of Europe ({Pilularia globulifera}).
See {Pillwort}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pillwort \Pill"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus {Pilularia}; minute aquatic
cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes
called {peppergrass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. {Cresses} (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves
have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and
antiscorbutic.
Note: The garden cress, called also {peppergrass}, is the
{Lepidium sativum}; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
cresses.
To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
--Goldsmith.
{Bitter cress}. See under {Bitter}.
{Not worth a cress}, or {``not worth a kers.''} a common old
proverb, now turned into the meaningless ``not worth a
curse.'' --Skeat.
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