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scurvy-grasses

scurvy-grasses is the plural of scurvy-grass.

Meaning of scurvy-grass

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
    Synonyms:
    spoonwort

Questions about scurvy-grasses

What is scurvy-grasses the plural of?
Scurvy-grasses is the plural of scurvy-grass.

Words near scurvy-grasses in the dictionary

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

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