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pennycress

/ˈpɛniˌkrɛs/
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Definitions of pennycress
  1. noun
    any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi
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    types:
    French weed, Thlaspi arvense, fanweed, field pennycress, mithridate mustard, penny grass, stinkweed
    foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
    type of:
    weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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