antiscorbutic

Antiscorbutic, an-ti-skor-būt′ik, adj. acting against scurvy.

It is also regarded as diaphoretic, diuretic, and antiscorbutic.

They also use the gum made by evaporating the juice of the ripe fruit, as a confection and an antiscorbutic.

In common with other species of Cochlearia, the horseradish was formerly in high repute as an antiscorbutic.

A species of wild celery, also, which grows abundantly near the sea-shore, was valuable as an antiscorbutic.