[mod.L., a. Gr. λιθόσπερμον, f. λίθο-ς stone + σπέρμα seed.] The plant Gromwell.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. vi. 101. Lithospermon, or grummell.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Lithospermon, the Herb Stone Crop, Gromwell, or Graymill [printed Graynul].
1865. Tylor, Early Hist. Man., vi. 123. The virtues of the lithospermum or stone-seed, in curing calculus.