pennycress en · NOUN
Etymology
From penny + cress.
Meanings
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Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny).
“What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.
1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pennycresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
mithridate mustard · mithridate
Translations (6)
tr çobandağarcığı (plant of the genus Thlaspi) · tr kuşekmeği (plant of the genus Thlaspi) · pl tobołki (plant of the genus Thlaspi) · bg по́пова лъжи́чка (plant of the genus Thlaspi) · fi taskuruoho (plant of the genus Thlaspi) · nv nááʼnoodǫ́ǫzii (plant of the genus Thlaspi)