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Pungent plant
Answer for the clue "Pungent plant ", 11 letters:
peppergrass
Word definitions for peppergrass in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.] (Bot.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of the pungent herbs of the cruciferous genus ''Lepidium'', especially the (vern: garden peppergrass), or garden cress, ''Lepidium sativum; pepperwort. 2 The common pillwort of Europe ((taxlink Pilularia globulifera species noshow=1)).
Usage examples of peppergrass.
It was mexixin, the common cress or peppergrass, a scraggly and bitter-tasting weed.