water pepper
water pepper
nounDefinition of WATER PEPPER
: 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
First Known Use of WATER PEPPER
circa 1538
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