Lepidium

See also: lepidium

Translingual

Lepidium sativum (garden cress)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπίδιον (lepídion).

Proper noun

Lepidium n

1. 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