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noun
Various plants:
Lithospermum arvense or other plants of the genus Lithospermum formerly used to treat kidney stones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: corn gromwell, field gromwell, bastard alkanet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Various plants:
Various plants of the genus Lithodora.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lithospermum officinale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
History
Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all probably from French grémil. Compare Welsh cromandi.
Across languages
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