| 单词 | scurvy grass |
| 释义 | scurvy grass (once / 207357 pages) n WORD FAMILY scurvy grass USAGE EXAMPLESThere are several other plants that have spread from the sea shore but Danish scurvy grass has spread the fastest. BBC(Jan 21, 2013) They found here, too, what was more valuable—the scurvy grass. Mudge, Zachariah Atwell, North-Pole Voyages(2012) The absence of fresh food during the winter made scurvy prevalent; in the spring, people eagerly sought "scurvy grass" to eat. Reilly, S. A., Our Legal Heritage—June 2011 (Sixth...(2011) 1n a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C Syn|Hyper Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass cress, cress plant any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste 2n any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad Syn|Hypo|Hyper St. Barbara's herb, winter cress American cress, American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida cress, cress plant any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste |
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