Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scurvywort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scurvy-wort
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Scurvy-grass (Cochlearia spp.).

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"in the kitchen beyond, salad in stacks and faggots: salad of lettuce, salad of cress and endive, salad of boiled coleworts, salad of pickled coleworts, salad of angelica, salad of scurvy-wort, and seven salads more; for potatoes were not as yet, and salads were during eight months of the year the only vegetable."
"The first to come up was the scurvywort, only an inch high, but vital to seamen who live on ship's biscuit."

Etymology

From scurvy + wort.

Usage

Questions

What does scurvywort mean?: Scurvy-grass (Cochlearia spp.).
Where does scurvywort come from?: From scurvy + wort.

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