pennycress

pennycress
/pen"ee kres'/, n.
any of several plants belonging to herbs of the genus Thlaspi, of the mustard family, esp. T. arvense, of Europe, bearing somewhat round, flat pods.
Also, penny cress, penny-cress.
[1705-15; PENNY + CRESS]

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plant
      (genus Thlaspi), plant of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), named and sometimes grown for its round seedpods. Most of the 60 species are Eurasian, but a few are native to North and South America, mostly in mountain areas. Common pennycress, or field pennycress (T. arvense), has penny-shaped (flattened and circular) notched pods, which are borne on stalks along the spike; at the ends of the spikes are small, white, four-petaled flowers.

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