COCHLEARIA, SCURVY-GRASS, in botany, a genus of the tetradymania filiculosa class. The pod is emarginated, turgid, and scabrous; and the valves are ob-
tuse and gibbous. The species are eight, six of which are natives of Britain, viz. the officinalis, or common scurvy-grass, the leaves of which are famous for curing the scurvy; the groenlandica, or Greenland scurvy-grass; the anglica, or common sea scurvy-grass; the danica, or Danish scurvy-grass; the coronopus, or swine-cresses; and the armoracia, or horse-radish.