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pen⋅ny⋅cress

  [pen-ee-kres]
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–noun
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.

Origin:
1705–15; penny + cress
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pen·ny·cress   (pěn'ē-krěs')   
n.  Any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi, having small flattened seed pods with winglike margins, especially the Eurasian species T. arvense, a weed naturalized throughout North America.
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