gromwell
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.
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gromwell-seed (R183,b), properly grey millet; here a slang term for money: see other volumes of this series.
The most striking characteristics of the Prostrate gromwell are its fine dark blue flowers and procumbent habit.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers | John Wood
British Dictionary definitions for gromwell
/ (ˈɡrɒmwəl) /
any of various hairy plants of the boraginaceous genus Lithospermum, esp L. officinale, having small greenish-white, yellow, or blue flowers, and smooth nutlike fruits: See also puccoon (def. 1)
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