chou de chien

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French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

chou de chien f (plural chous de chien)

  1. (botany) Synonym of mercuriale annuelle (annual mercury) (Mercurialis annua)
  2. (botany) Synonym of mercuriale vivace (dog's mercury)[1] (Mercurialis perennis)
  3. An unidentified type of cabbage[2]
    Synonym: brède de Chine

References

  1. ^ chou” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762). (as mercuriale sauvage)
  2. ^ chou” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877. (which looks like a misprint of chou de Chine)