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scurvy grass

scurvy grass is the alternative form 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

Forms of scurvy grass

pluralscurvy grasses

Questions about scurvy grass

What is scurvy grass the alternative form of?
Scurvy grass is the alternative form of scurvy-grass.

Words near scurvy grass in the dictionary

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

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