genus lepidium

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   cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress

   SynonymsLepidium

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCruciferae

Questions about genus lepidium

What does genus lepidium mean?

genus lepidium means "cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress".

What is another word for genus lepidium?

Close synonyms include Lepidium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus lepidium a common word?

genus lepidium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.