chou de chien

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃu də ʃjɛ̃/

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)
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