gromwell

(gräm′wel′, -wəl)

noun

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

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

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noun

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Middle English gromil

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: : gro-, of unknown meaning

Origin: + mil, millet (from Latin milium; see millet)

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