Eyebright

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections. countable, uncountable

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
euphrasiaeuphrasiaeuphrasyeuphrasy

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

Compound of eye (noun) + bright (verb).

Related phrases

North Island eyebrightflowering plant

More for "eyebright"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.