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   paperer
         n 1: one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
               [syn: {paperhanger}, {paperer}]

English Dictionary: pepperwort by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paperwork
n
  1. work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pepperwort
n
  1. any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
    Synonym(s): clover fern, pepperwort
  2. annual herb used as salad green and garnish
    Synonym(s): common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepperer \Pep"per*er\, n.
      A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper.
      [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepperwort \Pep"per*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Peppergrass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus {Lepidium}, especially
            the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, {Lepidium
            sativum}; -- called also {pepperwort}. All the species
            have a pungent flavor.
      (b) The common pillwort of Europe ({Pilularia globulifera}).
            See {Pillwort}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepperwort \Pep"per*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Peppergrass}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus {Lepidium}, especially
            the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, {Lepidium
            sativum}; -- called also {pepperwort}. All the species
            have a pungent flavor.
      (b) The common pillwort of Europe ({Pilularia globulifera}).
            See {Pillwort}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Matico \Ma*ti"co\, n. (Bot.)
      A Peruvian plant ({Piper, [or] Artanthe, elongatum}), allied
      to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and
      astringent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.
      [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
      1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
            berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.
  
      Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
               dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
               the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
               maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
               properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
               is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
            climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous
            flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
            when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
            hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed
            throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
            earth.
  
      3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
            pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  
      Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
               fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
               true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
               {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.
  
      {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.
  
      {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
            piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
            Japan.
  
      {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.
  
      {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.
  
      {Long pepper}.
            (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian
                  shrub.
            (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See
                  {Kava}.
  
      {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds
            of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger
            family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
            under the name of {grains of Paradise}.
  
      {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.
  
      {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
            alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
            called also {white alder}.
  
      {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a
            perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
            etc.
  
      {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
            of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.
           
  
      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston
            betularia}) having white wings covered with small black
            specks.
  
      {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
            cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  
      {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.
  
      {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red
            peppers steeped in vinegar.
  
      {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})
            of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
            {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.
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