A small 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.
辣根菜
Genus Cochlearia, family Cruciferae: several species, in particular C. officinalis
Example sentencesExamples
It is a traditional sailor's specific against scurvy, and is one of the various plants called ‘scurvy grass’.
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.
‘He said something about a mix between… quinine and scurvy grass,’ Mrs. McCaylan frowned as she tried to remember.
Definition of scurvy grass in US English:
scurvy grass
noun
A small European plant with fleshy tar-flavored leaves, growing near the sea. It is rich in vitamin C and was formerly eaten, especially by sailors, to prevent scurvy.
辣根菜
Genus Cochlearia, family Brassicaceae: several species, in particular C. officinalis
Example sentencesExamples
A line of Alpine cress or maybe Pyrenean scurvy grass ran from an arched mine-level entrance.
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.
It is a traditional sailor's specific against scurvy, and is one of the various plants called ‘scurvy grass’.
‘He said something about a mix between… quinine and scurvy grass,’ Mrs. McCaylan frowned as she tried to remember.