Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small genus of low herbs, of the natural order Scrophulariaceæ, widely distributed.

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  • noun Any of many flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia

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Examples

  • Another remedy is euphrasia, which is similarly effective for mucus symptoms of the nose and eyes, red eyes, and headaches.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • Eyewash products containing euphrasia, plus other herbs such as goldenseal, bayberry, and raspberry leaves, are available commercially.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Eyewash products containing euphrasia, plus other herbs such as goldenseal, bayberry, and raspberry leaves, are available commercially.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Eyewash products containing euphrasia, plus other herbs such as goldenseal, bayberry, and raspberry leaves, are available commercially.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Eyewash products containing euphrasia, plus other herbs such as goldenseal, bayberry, and raspberry leaves, are available commercially.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Here's wishing you all a week filled with euphrasia and typhlobasia!

    June 2005 Cheryl 2005

  • Here's wishing you all a week filled with euphrasia and typhlobasia!

    Yes I said Yes I will Yes Cheryl 2005

  • Here's wishing you all a week filled with euphrasia and typhlobasia!

    Archive 2005-06-01 Cheryl 2005

  • Homeopathic remedies to consider include belladonna 6th to 30th at the earliest stage of inflammation; euphrasia eyebright 6th to 40th when there is copious flow of tears but perhaps a feeling of grittiness and dryness; and apis 6th to 30th if there is great redness of the conjunctiva with sensitivity to heat.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • Several of the old poets praise the eyebright, or euphrasia, which has a black pupil-like spot on the corolla; therefore, it was thought by our ancestors to make a good eye-lotion.

    Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873

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