eyebright

== English == === Etymology === Compound of eye (noun) +‎ bright (verb). === Noun === eyebright (countable and uncountable, plural eyebrights) Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections. [from 16th c.] 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 91: 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. ==== Synonyms ==== euphrasy ==== Derived terms ==== North Island eyebright (Euphrasia cuneata) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === eyebright on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Euphrasia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies