Cynocrambe

/ˌsɪnəˈkræmbiː/ noun

Definition

A genus of herbaceous plants in the Cynocrambaceae family, also known as dog's cabbage, traditionally used in Mediterranean folk medicine.

Etymology

From Greek 'kyon' (dog) plus 'krambe' (cabbage), literally 'dog's cabbage.' Ancient Greeks and Romans noted the plant resembled cabbage and were eaten by dogs.

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Medieval herbalists loved naming plants for animals—dog's cabbage, cat's tail, lamb's ear—usually because those animals ate them or they resembled the animal somehow!

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