whitetop noun3 •Lepidium draba (hoary cress, hoary peppercress, perennial peppergrass, tall whitetop), a perennial herb of family Brassicaceae that reproduces by seeds and by horizontal creeping roots.Whitetop is an invasive species in North America. •Rhynchospora colorata (starrush whitetop, white star sedge, white-topped sedge), a plant from the family Cyperaceae. •(historical) Synonym of covered wagon. formswhitetops