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eyebright

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Compound of eye (noun) + bright (verb).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَرْقُون (ʕarqūn) — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Bulgarian: очанка (očanka) — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Catalan: eufràsia — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小米草 (xiǎomǐcǎo) — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Czech: světlík — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Dutch: ogentroost — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Finnish: silmäruoho — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • French: euphraise — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • German: Augentrost — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Hungarian: szemvidítófű — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Ido: eufrazio — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Irish: glanrosc — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Irish: líon radhairc — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Irish: rinn roisc — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Irish: roisnín — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Irish: roisnín radhairc — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Irish: soilse na súl — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Italian: euphrasia — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Māori: tūtaekiore — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Māori: tūtūmako — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Old English: eagwyrt — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Polish: świetlik — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Russian: оча́нка (očánka) — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Serbo-Croatian: vídac — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Serbo-Croatian: očànica — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Slovak: očianka — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Slovene: smetlíka — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Spanish: ojo brillante — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Swedish: ögontröst — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia
  • Welsh: effros — any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia