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grom·well (gräm′wel′, -wəl)

noun

any of a genus (Lithospermum) of plants of the borage family, with yellow or orange flowers and hard, stonelike nutlets

Etymology: altered < ME gromil < OFr < ML gruinum milium, kind of millet < gruinus, of a crane (< L grus, crane) + L milium, millet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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