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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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.
Use penny cress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Penny cress means Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny)..
Common synonyms include mithridate, mithridate mustard.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“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.
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