"eyebright" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eyebrights [plural]
Etymology: From eye + bright. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|eye|bright}} eye + bright Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eyebright (countable and uncountable, plural eyebrights)
  1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Broomrape family plants Synonyms: euphrasy Derived forms: North Island eyebright (taxonomic: Euphrasia cuneata) Translations (any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia): عَرْقُون (ʕarqūn) [masculine] (Arabic), очанка (očanka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 小米草 (xiǎomǐcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), světlík [masculine] (Czech), ogentroost (Dutch), silmäruoho (Finnish), euphraise [feminine] (French), Augentrost [masculine] (German), szemvidítófű (Hungarian), eufrazio (Ido), glanrosc [masculine] (Irish), líon radhairc [masculine] (Irish), rinn roisc [feminine] (Irish), roisnín [masculine] (Irish), roisnín radhairc [masculine] (Irish), soilse na súl [feminine] (Irish), euphrasia [feminine] (Italian), tūtaekiore (Maori), tūtūmako (Maori), eagwyrt [feminine] (Old English), świetlik [masculine] (Polish), оча́нка (očánka) [feminine] (Russian), vídac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), očànica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), očianka [feminine] (Slovak), smetlíka [feminine] (Slovene), ojo brillante [masculine] (Spanish), ögontröst [common-gender] (Swedish)

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