WATER PEPPER


Meaning of WATER PEPPER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1538

: an annual European smartweed ( Polygonum hydropiper ) of moist soils with extremely acrid peppery juice that is naturalized in North America ; also : a related American perennial ( P. hydropiperoides ) with mildly acrid juice

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