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gromwell
N พืช ไม้ดอก ตระกูล Lithospermum
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GROMWELL, GROMIL
n.A plant of the genus Lithospermum. The German gromwell is the Stellera.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GROMWELL
Grom "well, n. Etym: [Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. grmil, cf. W. cromandi.] (Bot. )
Defn: 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. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
gromwell
grom |well |ˈgrɒmw (ə )l | ▶noun a widely distributed plant of the borage family, typically having white or blue flowers which are followed by smooth hard nutlets. ●Genus Lithospermum, family Boraginaceae: several species, in particular the common Eurasian L. officinale. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gromil, probably from a medieval Latin phrase meaning ‘crane's millet ’.
Oxford Dictionary
gromwell
grom |well |ˈgrɒmw (ə )l | ▶noun a widely distributed plant of the borage family, typically having white or blue flowers which are followed by smooth hard nutlets. ●Genus Lithospermum, family Boraginaceae: several species, in particular the common Eurasian L. officinale. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gromil, probably from a medieval Latin phrase meaning ‘crane's millet ’.
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