Pringlea antiscorbutica

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Etymology

Discovered in 1776, by Cook's expedition's surgeon William Anderson, and found to taste like antiscorbics. Later characterized in 1840 by Joseph Hooker, who named it for its use as antiscurvy treatment, and Thomas Anderson, naming after Sir John Pringle, president of the Royal Society.

Proper noun

Pringlea antiscorbutica f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – Kerguelen cabbage the sole species in the monotypic genus Pringlea.

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