gromwell

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The stony seeds of the gromwell were, also, used in cases of stone--a plant formerly known as lichwale, or, as in a MS. of the fifteenth century, lythewale, stone-switch.

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  1. noun See puccoon.

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  • The stony seeds of the gromwell were, also, used in cases of stone--a plant formerly known as lichwale, or, as in a MS. of the fifteenth century, lythewale, stone-switch. —  The Folk-lore of Plants
  • Gilliflower, ginger and gromwell, —  The Pearl
  • Agaricus those of the bladder; _Cassia fistula_ the affections of the intestines, and Aristolochia the disorders of the uterus: the polished surface and stony hardness which so eminently characterize the seeds of the Lithospermum officinale (common gromwell) were deemed a certain indication of their efficacy in calculous and gravelly disorders; for a similar reason, the roots of the Saxifraga granulata (white saxifrage) gained reputation in the cure of the same disease; and the Euphrasia —  A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive
  • He entered in that arbour green; it was August, that sunny season, when the corn has just fallen under the sickle; there the pearl had "trendeled doun" among the glittering, richly-coloured plants, gilly-flowers, gromwell seed, and peonies, splendid in their hues, sweeter in their smell. [ —  A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
  • -- Anise; cardamom; carraway; citron; coriander; fennel; gromwell; melon; musk grains; mustard; nettle; parsley; saffron; tulip, seedy buds of; wormwood. —  The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
 

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  1. Alteration of Middle English gromil, from Old French : gro-, of unknown meaning + mil, millet (from Latin milium; see millet).

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  1. The w is intrusive; more correctly, as in earlier use, grommel, grummel, gromel, gromil, from Middle English gromil, gromyl, gromylle, gromall, gromely, gromaly, gromylyoun, from Old French gremil, French grémil (English graymill, gray-millet, q. v.); supposed by some to be from Latin granum milii, ‘grain of millet’, on account of its grains.
 

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