gromwell

grom·well

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [grom-wuh l]
- /ˈgrɒm wəl/
- /ɡrˈɒmwel/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [grom-wuh l]
- /ˈgrɒm wəl/

Definitions of gromwell word

noun 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. 1
noun gromwell Lithospermum arvense, a plant of the genus Lithospermum anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones. 1
noun gromwell 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 0
noun gromwell any of a genus (Lithospermum) of plants of the borage family, with yellow or orange flowers and hard, stonelike nutlets 0

See all 4 definitions of gromwell

Information block about the term

Origin of gromwell

First appearance:

before 1275

One of the 13% oldest English words

1275-1325; Middle English gromil < Old French, equivalent to gro- (< ?) + mil millet < Latin milium

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Gromwell

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Gromwell

gromwell popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

gromwell usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer