scurvy grass in English
noun
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a small cresslike 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.
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.
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1. Ferns poured out of a window; scurvy grass lay rotting by the wail.