GROMWELL: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'grâmwul
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| | Definition: | | [n] European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands |
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| | Synonyms: | | Lithospermum officinale |
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| | See Also: | | genus Lithospermum, herb, herbaceous plant, Lithospermum | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Grom"well\, n. [Called also gromel, grommel, graymill,
and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. gr?mil, cf. W. cromandi.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Lithospermum} ({L. arvense}), anciently
used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel.
The {German gromwell} is the {Stellera}. [Written also
{gromill}.]
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