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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1587
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(Peper-,) Pepper-gras, n. (Late ME. pepyrgresse (c 1475) name applied to types of cress or pillwort.) — 1587 Carmichael Etym. 37.
Nigella Romana, peppergras
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