gromwell

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: grom=well

CIDE DICTIONARY

gromwell, n. [Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. gr?mil, cf. W. cromandi.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gromwell, n. any of various plants of the genus Lithospermum, with hard seeds formerly used in medicine.

Etymology

ME f. OF gromil, prob. f. med.L gruinum milium (unrecorded) crane's millet