noun
- a small annual plant of the mustard family with round, flat seed pods that resemble coins
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The farmer noticed pennycress growing as a weed in his wheat field.
- Pennycress produces distinctive circular seed pods in late spring.
- The botanist identified the plant as pennycress by its coin-shaped fruits.
- Pennycress can be found growing along roadsides and in disturbed soil.
- The seeds of pennycress are being studied as a potential biofuel source.
- Pennycress belongs to the same family as mustard and cabbage.