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Meaning of pennycress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny).

Equivalents

Suomi taskuruoho
Polski tobołek
Türkçe çobandağarcığı kuşekmeği

Examples

““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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pennying pennyland pennylessness Pennyroyal pennyweight pennyweighter

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