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<botany> 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.
Alternative forms: gromill.
Origin: Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. Fr. F. Gr?mil, cf. W. Cromandi.
(01 Mar 1998)
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