eyebrights
eyebrights is the plural of eyebright.
Meaning of eyebright
Noun
eyebright (countable and uncountable, plural eyebrights)
- Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.
- Paracelsus had been recommending the plant eyebright for bad eyes in the sixteenth century; it was still in widespread use in the eighteenth.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 273
- Synonyms:
- euphrasy
Phrases with eyebrights
Questions about eyebrights
- What is eyebrights the plural of?
- Eyebrights is the plural of eyebright.
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