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scurvy-grass

scurvy-grass noun: any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy.

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.
    • The seeds of Scurvy-grasse growing in waterpots have been fruitfull in the Land1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 205
    • [T]he seed of Scurvy-grass very much resembles the make of a Concha Venerea, a kind of Purcelane Schell […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXI
    Synonyms:
    spoonwort

scurvy-grass meaning in Tamil

scurvy-grass in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of scurvy-grass

Forms of scurvy-grass

pluralscurvy-grasses

Questions about scurvy-grass

What does scurvy-grass mean?
Scurvy-grass means any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy.
What is scurvy-grass in Tamil?
Scurvy-grass in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Scurvy-grass meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scurvy-grass?
Scurvy-grass is a noun.
What is the plural of scurvy-grass?
The plural of scurvy-grass is scurvy-grasses.

Words near scurvy-grass in the dictionary

  1. scurvily
  2. scurviness
  3. scurvy
  4. scurvy grass
  5. scurvy grasses
  6. scurvy-grass
  7. scurvy-grasses
  8. scurvygrass
  9. scurvygrasses
  10. scurvywort
  11. SCUs

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