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Webster 1913 Edition

euphrasy

eu′phra-sy

(ū′frȧ-sy̆)
,
Noun.
[NL.
euphrasia
, fr. Gr.
εὐφρασία
delight, fr.
εὐφραίνειν
to delight;
εὖ
well +
φρήν
heart, mind: cf. LL.
eufrasia
, F.
eufraise
.]
(Bot.)
The plant
eyebright
(
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Euphrasy

EU'PHRASY

,
Noun.
[According to DeTheis, this word is contracted from euphrosyne, joy, pleasure; a name given to the plant on account of its wonderful effects in curing disorders of the eyes.]
Eyebright, a genus of plants, Euphrasia, called in French casse-lunette.

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