chou de chien
French
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editchou de chien f (plural chous de chien)
- (botany) Synonym of mercuriale annuelle (“annual mercury”) (Mercurialis annua)
- (botany) Synonym of mercuriale vivace (“dog's mercury”)[1] (Mercurialis perennis)
- An unidentified type of cabbage[2]
- Synonym: brède de Chine
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “chou” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762). (as mercuriale sauvage)
- ^ “chou” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877. (which looks like a misprint of chou de Chine)