Definition of Cochlearia

1. Noun. A genus of the family Cruciferae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cochlearia

Cocculus
Cocculus carolinus
Coccus hesperidum
Coccyzus
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Cocha antshrike
Cocha antshrikes
Cochimi
Cochin
Cochin-Chinese
Cochin China
Cochin China diarrhoea
Cochin fowl
Cochin fowls
Cochise
Cochlearia (current term)
Cochlearia officinalis
Cochlearius
Cochlearius cochlearius
Cochliomyia
Cochran
Cockaigne
Cockayne
Cockayne's disease
Cockayne's syndrome
Cockburn
Cockcroft
Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier
Cockcroft and Walton accelerator

Literary usage of Cochlearia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Cochlearia oil or scurvy grass oil, ... G.) is obtained by distillation from Cochlearia offici- nalis, L., the common scurvy grass, a native of Northern and ..."

2. Materia Medica: For the Use of Students by John Barclay Biddle (1874)
"The ROOT of Cochlearia ARMORACIA, or HORSE-RADISH (Nat. Ord. Brassicaceae), a European plant, cultivated here for its root, which is used as a condiment. ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Frequent. Adventive from Europe. The Escaped from gardens into moist grounds, especially roots furnish the well-known sauce. Summer. 15. Cochlearia [Tourn. ..."

4. Munimenta Academica by University of Oxford (1868)
"... dúo cochlearia argent!, et viginti oves ; ítem, ... dúo cochlearia argenti, et viginti oves ; Item, lego Johanni ..."

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