eyebright
Americannoun
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any of various plants belonging to the genus Euphrasia, of the figwort family, as E. officinalis of Europe, formerly used for treating diseases of the eye.
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the scarlet pimpernel. pimpernel
noun
Etymology
Origin of eyebright
Example Sentences
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Did yon ever see such lovely white violets?" she said; "and is not that eyebright delicate, with its edging of colour?
From Nobody by Susan Warner
Great, pale blue bird-foot violets were blooming on favoured slopes, and in protected hollows patches of eyebright made fairy forests on the moss, while under tatters of dead leaves by the brookside arbutus blushed.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan
Several of the old poets praise the eyebright, or euphrasia, which has a black pupil-like spot on the corolla; therefore, it was thought by our ancestors to make a good eye-lotion.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by J. Erskine (John Erskine) Clarke
They were simple flowers, such as I had known in childhood and had not found in Virginia—yarrow, and queen of the meadow, and bluebells, and the little eyebright.
From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
Euphrasy or eyebright with its little bright eye was a medicine for sore eyes.
From Masters of the Guild by L. Lamprey
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