Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gromwell"

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) 1.7 (wn)

gromwell
n : European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and
at the edge of woodlands [syn: {Lithospermum officinale}]


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