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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy..
Knowing that sellery and scurvey grass and other vegetables were to be found in this sound […] , I went myself at day light in the morn in search of some and returned by breakfast with a boat load […] .
The seeds of Scurvy-grasse growing in waterpots have been fruitfull in the Land
[T]he seed of Scurvy-grass very much resembles the make of a Concha Venerea, a kind of Purcelane Schell […].
Use scurvy-grass when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scurvy-grass means Any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy..
Common synonyms include spoonwort.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Knowing that sellery and scurvey grass and other vegetables were to be found in this sound […] , I went myself at day light in the morn in search of some and returned by breakfast with a boat load […] .
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