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Webster 1913 Edition
Gromwell
Grom′well
,Noun.
[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
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Gromwell
GROM'WELL
Definition 2024
gromwell
gromwell
English
Alternative forms
- gromill
Noun
gromwell (plural gromwells)
- Lithospermum arvense, a plant of the genus Lithospermum anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones.
Translations
Lithospermum arvense
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