lepidium
Pronunciation: /ləˈpɪ.di.əm/
The English word “lepidium” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- Any cruciferous plant of the genus Lepidium, often called garden cresses or pepperworts.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Lepidium, from Latin lepidium and Ancient Greek λεπίδιον (lepídion, literally “little scale”), diminutive of λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake”).
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