Bot. Obs. [f. SPOON sb., after the Latin name or Du. lepelblad, G. löffelkraut.] The common scurvy-grass, Cochlearia officinalis.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, 117. Spooneworte, at the first his leaves be broade and thicke.

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1597.  Gerarde, Herbal, II. lxxxii. 323. The common Scuruie grasse or spoonewoort, hath leaues somwhat like a spoone.

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1657.  S. Purchas, Pol. Flying-Ins., 94. Bees gather of these flowers following…. In March…. Spoonwort.

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1725.  Fam. Dict., s.v. Scurvy-Grass, Hence it is that they have had the Latin Name as also that of Spoonwort in English.

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1760.  J. Lee, Introd. Bot., App. 328. Spoonwort, Cochlearia.

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