Meanings
nounpennycress (plural pennycresses)
plural pennycresses
- Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny).
“What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.
1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177Synonyms: mithridate, mithridate mustard
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny).
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Bulgarian по́пова лъжи́чка
- по́пова лъжи́чка (pópova lăžíčka)plant of the genus Thlaspi
Finnish taskuruoho
- taskuruohoplant of the genus Thlaspi
Polish tobołki
- tobołkiplant of the genus Thlaspi
Turkish kuşekmeği, çobandağarcığı
- kuşekmeğiplant of the genus Thlaspi
- çobandağarcığıplant of the genus Thlaspi
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pennycress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pennycress
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“pennycress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pennycress. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pennycress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pennycress.
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