Eyebright

Quick meaning: Eyebright is a noun meaning Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.

Meaning

Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.

Example Sentences

He looks for eyebright, a tiny flowering herb he has seen before, and which he knows would make a good eye-wash: not to be found.

Paracelsus had been recommending the plant eyebright for bad eyes in the sixteenth century; it was still in widespread use in the eighteenth.

Word Forms

• eyebrights

Synonyms for eyebright

Depending on context, synonyms include euphrasy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include euphrasy, euphrasia, eupatorium, oxeye, euphorbia, eryngium.

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