英语词汇“scurvy grass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

scurvy grass

noun [mass noun]

A small cress-like European plant with fleshy tar-flavoured leaves, growing near the sea. It is rich in vitamin C and was formerly eaten, especially by sailors, to prevent scurvy.

Genus Cochlearia, family Cruciferae: several species, in particular C. officinalis.

He treated his scorbutic patients with a mixture of plant and vegetable juices made from water cress, brooklime, scurvy grass, all herbs rich in ascorbic acid....

A line of Alpine cress or maybe Pyrenean scurvy grass ran from an arched mine-level entrance.
It is a traditional sailor's specific against scurvy, and is one of the various plants called ‘scurvy grass’.

单词	scurvy grass
释义	scurvy grass noun [mass noun] A small cress-like European plant with fleshy tar-flavoured leaves, growing near the sea. It is rich in vitamin C and was formerly eaten, especially by sailors, to prevent scurvy. Genus Cochlearia, family Cruciferae: several species, in particular C. officinalis. He treated his scorbutic patients with a mixture of plant and vegetable juices made from water cress, brooklime, scurvy grass, all herbs rich in ascorbic acid.... A line of Alpine cress or maybe Pyrenean scurvy grass ran from an arched mine-level entrance. It is a traditional sailor's specific against scurvy, and is one of the various plants called ‘scurvy grass’.
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