scurvy-grass

See also: scurvygrass and scurvy grass

English

Noun

scurvy-grass (countable and uncountable, plural scurvy-grasses)

1. Any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 205:

     The seeds of Scurvy-grasse growing in waterpots have been fruitfull in the Land

   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXXI:

     [T]he seed of Scurvy-grass very much resembles the make of a Concha Venerea, a kind of Purcelane Schell […].

Translations

Cochlearia

• French: cochléaire (fr) f
• German: Löffelkraut n
• Polish: warzucha f
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• Romanian: lingurea (ro) f
• Russian: ло́жечница f (lóžečnica), ло́жечная трава́ f (lóžečnaja travá)