PEPPER ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pepper root mean? 

• PEPPER ROOT (noun)
  The noun PEPPER ROOT has 1 sense:

1. North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots

  Familiarity information: PEPPER ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEPPER ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cardamine diphylla; crinkle-root; crinkle root; crinkleroot; Dentaria diphylla; pepper root; toothwort

Hypernyms ("pepper root" is a kind of...):

bitter cress; bittercress (any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic)