lepidio . ( Of the lat. )(do do lepidium, and East of the g ? ep? d?). 1. m. perennial plant of the family of the Cruciferae with stems beardless of six to eight decimetres of tall, blue-green, thick, petiolate leaves, thick and oval lower, lanceolate in the middle of very narrow the superiors, and all with teeth acute margin; dry fruit, with blackish, tiny and ellipsoidal seed. It is abundant in the wet terrain, and its leaves, very spicy flavor, often used in medicine against scurvy and the evil of stone.