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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gromwell \Grom"well\, n. [Called also gromel, grommel, graymill and gray millet, all prob. fr F. gr?mil, cf W. cromandi.] (Bot.) 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}. [Written also {gromill}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gromwell n : European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands [syn: {Lithospermum officinale}]
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