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gromwell

gromwell noun: lithospermum arvense or other plants of the genus Lithospermum formerly used to treat kidney stones.

Noun

gromwell (countable and uncountable, plural gromwells)

  1. Lithospermum arvense or other plants of the genus Lithospermum formerly used to treat kidney stones.
  2. Various plants of the genus Lithodora.

Synonyms of gromwell

Forms of gromwell

pluralgromwells
alternative form (archaic)gromill

Origin of gromwell

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

Words formed from gromwell

Phrases with gromwell

Questions about gromwell

What does gromwell mean?
Gromwell means lithospermum arvense or other plants of the genus Lithospermum formerly used to treat kidney stones.
What part of speech is gromwell?
Gromwell is a noun.
What is the plural of gromwell?
The plural of gromwell is gromwells.

Words near gromwell in the dictionary

  1. grommeting
  2. grommets
  3. Gromov-Witten invariant
  4. Gromov-Witten invariants
  5. groms
  6. gromwell
  7. gromwells
  8. Gronau
  9. Gronaus
  10. Grondin
  11. Grondins

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