SCURVY GRASS

Meaning of SCURVY GRASS in English

Function: noun

Date: circa 1597

: a cruciferous herb (as Cochlearia officinalis ) formerly used in preventing or treating scurvy

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SCURVY GRASS — noun Date: circa 1597 a cruciferous herb (as Cochlearia officinalis ) formerly used in preventing or treating scurvy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCURVY GRASS — noun 1. : any of several cresses reputed to have value in the treatment or prevention of scurvy: as a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCURVY GRASS — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy. [ 1590-1600 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCURVY GRASS — Date: circa 1597 : a cruciferous herb (as Cochlearia officinalis ) formerly used in preventing or treating scurvy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCURVY GRASS — ■ noun a small cress-like plant, formerly eaten to prevent scurvy. [Genus Cochlearia .]
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCURVY GRASS — [scurvy grass] n (1597): a cruciferous herb (as Cochlearia officinalis) formerly believed useful in preventing or treating scurvy
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCURVY GRASS — (ботаника) ложечница лекарственная (Cochlearia officinalis)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCURVY GRASS — бот. ложечница лекарственная ( Cochlearia officinalis )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SCURVY GRASS — бот. ложечница лекарственная ( Cochlearia officinalis )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SCURVY GRASS — бот. ложечница лекарственная ( Cochlearia officinalis )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SCURVY GRASS — 1) ложечница, ложечная трава (Cochlearia); ложечница лекарственная (Cochlearia officinalis) 2) см. silver grass
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SCURVY GRASS — 1) ложечница, ложечная трава ( Cochlearia ) ; ложечница лекарственная ( Cochlearia officinalis ) 2) см. silver grass
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SCURVY GRASS — (ботаника) ложечница лекарственная (Cochlearia officinalis)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCURVY — a. vil, bass; n. scorbute
English interlingue dictionary
SCURVY — I. noun Etymology: 2~ Date: circa 1565 a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCURVY — or vitamin C deficiency Nutritional disorder caused by deficiency of vitamin C . Deficiency interferes with tissue synthesis, causing swollen, …
Английский словарь Британика
GRASS — I Any of many low, green, nonwoody plants that make up the families Poaceae (or Gramineae), Cyperaceae ( rush es). …
Английский словарь Британика
SCURVY — I. ˈskərvē, -kə̄v-, -kəiv-, -vi adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: scurf (I) + -y 1. : covered or affected with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRASS — I. ˈgras, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCURVY — (n.) Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
Английский словарь Webster
SCURVY — ( n. ) Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCURVY — — scurvily , adv. — scurviness , n. /skerr"vee/ , n., adj., scurvier, scurviest . n. 1. Pathol. a disease …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRASS — — grassless , adj. — grasslike , adj. — grassward, grasswards , adv. adj. /gras, grahs/ , n. 1. any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRASS — v. cover with grass; feed grass to livestock; produce grass; inform on (British Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCURVY — I. ˈskər-vē noun Etymology: scurvy (II) Date: circa 1565 : a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRASS — I. ˈgras noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCURVY — noun vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. 2. scurvy ·noun covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased …
Webster English vocab
GRASS — vi to produce grass. 2. grass ·noun the season of fresh grass; spring. 3. grass ·vt to cover with grass …
Webster English vocab
SCURVY — [scur.vy] n [ [2]scurvy] (ca. 1565): a disease marked by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRASS — [grass] n, often attrib [ME gras, fr. OE graes; akin to OHG gras grass, OE growan to grow] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCURVY — also called Vitamin C Deficiency, one of the oldest known nutritional disorders of humankind, caused by a dietary lack of …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRASS — grass, Grass BrE AmE ɡrɑːs § ɡræs AmE ɡræs —German [ ɡras ] ▷ grassed ɡrɑːst § ɡræst AmE ɡræst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCURVY — / ˈskɜːvi; NAmE ˈskɜːrvi/ noun [ U ] a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C from not eating …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — / grɑːs; NAmE græs/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a common wild plant with narrow green …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCURVY — scur ‧ vy /ˈskɜːvi $ ˈskɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: scurvy 'affected with dandruff' , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRASS — I. grass 1 S2 W2 /ɡrɑːs $ ɡræs/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: græs ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCURVY — n. & adj. --n. a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCURVY — n. & adj. n. a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRASS — n. & v. n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCURVY — n. & adj. --n. a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the …
Oxford English vocab
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1. a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Oxford English vocab
SCURVY — Scurvy is a disease that is caused by a lack of vitamin C. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — ( grasses, grassing, grassed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Grass is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCURVY — Scurvy is a disease that is caused by a lack of vitamin C. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SCURVY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In mediaeval times cider was given to sailors bound on long voyages partly as a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRASS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES artificial grass ▪ artificial grass tennis courts dry grass ▪ There had been no …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCURVY — [noun] [U] - an illness of the body tissues which is caused by a lack of vitamin CIn the past, …
Cambridge English vocab
SCURVY — n. or vitamin C deficiency Nutritional disorder caused by deficiency of vitamin C . Deficiency interferes with tissue synthesis, causing …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRASS — n. bear grass bent grass couch grass quack grass Grass Günter Wilhelm
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRASS — Synonyms and related words : Bengal grass, DET, DMT, English rye grass, Italian rye grass, Kentucky bluegrass, LSD, Mary Jane, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRASS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ coarse , rough , thick ▪ soft ▪ lush ▪ long , tall ▪ short …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GRASS — n. 25B6; noun he sat down on the grass : TURF, sod; lawn, green. See list. (informal) they smoked grass. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCURVY — adj. low, miserable, contemptible, vile, base, despicable, rotten, sorry, bad, ignoble, dishonourable, mean, worthless, shabby Robbing poor old ladies is …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SCURVY — I сущ.; мед. цинга II прил. 1) презренный, жалкий (о людях. вещах) Syn : sorry, worthless, contemptible 2) низкий, подлый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass ≈ косить траву high, tall grass ≈ высокая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCURVY — scurvy.ogg _I ʹskɜ:vı n цинга _II ʹskɜ:vı a 1. подлый; низкий; презренный scurvy action - подлый поступок to play smb. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRASS — grass.ogg _I 1. grɑ:s n 1. 1> трава blade of grass - стебелёк травы, травинка to cut the grass - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SCURVY — _I ʹskɜ:vı n цинга _II ʹskɜ:vı a 1. подлый; низкий; презренный scurvy action - подлый поступок to play smb. a …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — _I 1. grɑ:s n 1. 1> трава blade of grass - стебелёк травы, травинка to cut the grass - косить …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass — косить траву high, tall grass — высокая …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SCURVY — I ['©°„ђЎ] scurvy.wav сущ.; мед. цинга II ['©°„ђЎ] scurvy.wav прил. 1) презренный, жалкий (о людях. вещах) Syn: sorry, worthless, contemptible 2) низкий, подлый (об обращении) Syn: shabby, discourteous
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass — косить траву high, tall grass — высокая трава blade of grass — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GRASS
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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