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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYDROPIPER

Hy "dro *pi `per, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. "y `dwr water + L. piper a pepper. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A species (Polygonum Hydropiper ) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.