What does scurvy-grass mean?

scurvy-grass

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"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 […]."
"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 […] ."

scurvy-grasses (plural)

spoonwort

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