pepper grass

Thân thiện

A chef sprinkles fresh pepper grass over a colorful salad.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An annual herb used as a salad green and garnish: "Pepper grass" refers to a small, fast-growing plant with a pungent, peppery flavor. Its leaves are commonly used fresh in salads, as a garnish, or as a seasoning.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The chef finely chopped some pepper grass to sprinkle over the soup.
  • This salad mix includes arugula, spinach, and pepper grass for extra zest.

Advanced Usage

• As a culinary descriptor: The term can be used to describe the characteristic spicy, tangy flavor profile of the herb.
  • The dish had a distinct pepper grass note that complemented the rich fish.

Variants and Related Words

• Peppergrass (n): A common alternative spelling, written as one word.
  • Peppergrass is often found growing as a weed in gardens.
• Lepidium sativum (n): The scientific or botanical name for garden cress, which is often called pepper grass.
• Garden cress (n): A more common name for the same herb.

Synonyms

• Garden cress: The most direct synonym.
• Cress: A general term that can include pepper grass and similar plants like watercress.

Học thuật

Noun

1. annual herb used as salad green and garnish

Từ đồng nghĩa

• common garden cress
• garden pepper cress
• pepperwort
• Lepidium sativum