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Definition of Cochlearia
1. Noun. A genus of the family Cruciferae.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Cochlearia Officinalis, Common Scurvy Grass, Scurvy Grass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cochlearia
Literary usage of Cochlearia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"cochlearia oil or scurvy grass oil, ... G.) is obtained by distillation from
cochlearia offici- nalis, L., the common scurvy grass, a native of Northern and ..."
2. Materia Medica: For the Use of Students by John Barclay Biddle (1874)
"The ROOT of cochlearia ARMORACIA, or HORSE-RADISH (Nat. Ord. Brassicaceae), a
European plant, cultivated here for its root, which is used as a condiment. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Frequent. Adventive from Europe. The Escaped from gardens into moist grounds,
especially roots furnish the well-known sauce. Summer. 15. cochlearia [Tourn. ..."
4. Munimenta Academica by University of Oxford (1868)
"... dúo cochlearia argent!, et viginti oves ; ítem, ... dúo cochlearia argenti,
et viginti oves ; Item, lego Johanni ..."
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