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euphrasy |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Euphrasy \Eu"phra*sy\, n. [NL. euphrasia fr Gr ? delight, fr ? to delight; ? well + ? heart, mind: cf LL eufrasia, F. eufrasie.] (Bot.) The plant eyesight ({euphrasia officionalis}), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes. Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see --Milton.
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