piperitis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pĭpĕrītis, is and ĭdis, f., = πεπερῖτις,

pepperwort , prob. Indian pepper : piperitis, quam et siliquastrum appellavimus, Plin. 20, 17, 66, § 174; 19, 12, 62, § 187.