# lepidium

> English word · Noun · IPA /ləˈpɪ.di.əm/

## Definitions
1. 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”).

## Source
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