ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈspərməm noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek lithospermon gromwell, from lith- + -spermon (from sperma seed) — more at sperm
: a genus of herbs (family Boraginaceae) having a regular tubular corolla and polished white stony nutlets — see corn gromwell , puccoon