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scurvygrass

scurvygrass 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 scurvygrass

pluralscurvygrasses

Questions about scurvygrass

What is scurvygrass the alternative form of?
Scurvygrass is the alternative form of scurvy-grass.

Words near scurvygrass in the dictionary

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

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