scurvy : Idioms & Phrases

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alpine scurvy

  • noun a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
    mal rosso; pellagra; mayidism; Saint Ignatius' itch; maidism; mal de la rosa.
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common scurvy grass

  • noun a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C
    Cochlearia officinalis; common scurvy grass.
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Scurvy grass

  • noun a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C
    Cochlearia officinalis; common scurvy grass.
  • noun any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
    winter cress; St. Barbara's herb.
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  • Scurvy + grass; or cf. Icel. skarfakal scurvy grass. (Bot.) A kind of cress (Cochlearia officinalis) growing along the seacoast of Northern Europe and in arctic regions. It is a remedy for the scurvy, and has proved a valuable food to arctic explorers. The name is given also to other allied species of plants.
Webster 1913