Now Rare in U.s., Vitamin C Prevents It

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Rainforest, Group 1219, Puzzle 5 (Vegetation).

Question is: Now Rare in U.s., Vitamin C Prevents It

and the answer is: SCURVY

Word Meaning:

SCURVY — Affected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun sense 1).

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