1. A widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C
   "Sailors once collected scurvy grass during Arctic expeditions";
   - common scurvy grass, Cochlearia officinalis
    
2. Any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
   "scurvy grass provided vital vitamin C to sailors preventing scurvy";
   - winter cress, St. Barbara's herb

Derived forms: scurvy grasses

Type of: cress, cress plant

Part of: Barbarea, Cochlearia, genus Barbarea, genus Cochlearia

Encyclopedia: Scurvy grass