dog's cabbage
now rare
noun
1A fleshy plant, Theligonum cynocrambe (family Rubiaceae), grown as a pot-herb in Mediterranean regions.
2= dog's mercury.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in John Browne (1642–?1702/3), surgeon. After Hellenistic Greek κυνοκράμβη from ancient Greek κυνο- + κράμβη.
- semi-basement
- semibold
- semibreve
- semicircle
- semicircular
- semicircular canals
- semicivilized
- semi-classical
- semicolon
- semiconducting
- semiconductor
- semi-conscious
- semi-conservative
- semi-crystalline
- semi-cylinder
- semi-cylindrical
- semi-darkness
- semidemisemiquaver
- semi-deponent
- semiderelict
- semi-detached
- semi-detachment
- semidiameter
- semi-documentary
- semi-dome