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Definition of Common scurvy grass
1. Noun. A widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C.
Generic synonyms: Cress, Cress Plant
Group relationships: Cochlearia, Genus Cochlearia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Scurvy Grass
Literary usage of Common scurvy grass
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)
"... L., the common scurvy grass, a native of Northern and Central Europe, where
it grows in saline soil and is occasionally cultivated. The oil is yellow, ..."
2. The East Neuk of Fife: Its History and Antiquities by Walter WOOD (1887)
"Common Scurvy-grass (C. officinalis). Sea-kale (Crambe maritima); Elie and Largo
sands ; May and June. Narrow-leaved Wall-mustard (Diplo- taxis tenuifolia, ..."
3. Medical Botany; Or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Medicinal Plants ...by John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, Gilbert Thomas Burnett by John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1834)
"Common Scurvy- grass. SPEC. CHAR. Radical leaves roundish, those on the stem
oblong and somewhat ..."
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