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n. - Cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress.

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  • Yam bean (Pachyrrhizus erosus) AppendixesMaca (Lepidium meyenni)
  • The 'mace' (Lepidium meyenii), a little known food plant of Peru.
  • Maca, Lepidium meyenii, is an annual plant which produces a radish-like root.
  • Also of note are the very rare, minute Lepidium spp. which each cover only a few square centimeters.
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