gromwell

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gromwell - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gromwell \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.]
     [1913 Webster]

gromwell - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gromwell
      n 1: European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and
           at the edge of woodlands [syn: gromwell, Lithospermum officinale
           ]