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grom⋅well

[grom-wuhl]
–noun
any of various often hairy plants of the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family, usually bearing white or yellowish flowers and smooth, white, stony nutlets.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME gromil < OF, equiv. to gro- (< ?) + mil millet < L milium
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grom·well   (grŏm'wəl, -wěl')   
n.  See puccoon.

[Alteration of Middle English gromil, from Old French : gro-, of unknown meaning + mil, millet (from Latin milium; see millet).]
puc·coon   (pə-kōōn')   
n.  
    1. Any of several North American plants of the genus Lithospermum, having orange or yellow flowers and roots that yield a red dye.

    2. Any of several plants, such as the bloodroot, whose roots yield a reddish dye. Also called gromwell.

  1. The dye from any of these plants.


[Of Virginia Algonquian origin.]
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