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Definition of Genus Lepidium
1. Noun. Cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Common Garden Cress, Garden Pepper Cress, Lepidium Sativum, Pepper Grass, Pepperwort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lepidium
Literary usage of Genus Lepidium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1901)
"... has been treated as a species of the genus Lepidium. The Lepidium Draba of
that author is the type which, according to the law of priority should, ..."
2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"... the position of the cotyledons, although possessing a high value in separating
many cruciferous genera, completely breaks down in the genus Lepidium, ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... of which the foliage has a pungent, mustard-like taste, and is used as a salad.
It is sometimes more strictly confined to the genus Lepidium, a, ..."
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