English Explanatory Dictionary

gromwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Various plants
  2. Lithospermum arvense (synonym: Buglossoides arvensis) or other plants of the genus Lithospermum formerly used to treat kidney stones.
  3. various plants of the genus Lithodora

Word forms

gromwell gromwells gromill

Etymology

Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all probably from French grémil. Compare Welsh cromandi.

Derived words

common gromwell corn gromwell creeping gromwell field gromwell purple gromwell shrubby gromwell
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