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water pepper

noun

Definition 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
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First Known Use of WATER PEPPER

circa 1538

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