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Definition of False gromwell
1. Noun. Any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Gromwell
Literary usage of False gromwell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The two species of false gromwell may be known by their extraordinarily rough and
... There are four nutlets begun in the flowers of the false gromwell, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Onosmodium. Onosmodium virginianum. false gromwell (or ... Its common name is "
false gromwell" ; the real" Gromwell" being another Borage, Lithospermum. ..."
3. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"The two species of false gromwell may be known by their extraordinarily rough
and hairy foliage, strong-veined leaves and inconspicuous white or greenish ..."
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