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Meaning of EUPHRASY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Eu"phra*sy\, n. [NL. euphrasia, fr. Gr. ? delight, fr.
? to delight; ? well + ? heart, mind: cf. LL. eufrasia, F.
eufrasie.] (Bot.)
The plant eyesight ({euphrasia officionalis}), formerly
regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
      Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for
      he had much to see.                      --Milton.
 
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