Brooklime

  • 11American brooklime — noun plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers • Syn: ↑brooklime, ↑Veronica americana • Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 12European brooklime — noun European plant having low lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America • Syn: ↑brooklime, ↑Veronica beccabunga • Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 13American brooklime. — See under brooklime …

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  • 14broklempe — Brooklime Brook lime , n. (Bot.) A plant ({Veronica Beccabunga}), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is {Veronica Americana}. [Formerly written {broklempe} or {broklympe}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15broklympe — Brooklime Brook lime , n. (Bot.) A plant ({Veronica Beccabunga}), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is {Veronica Americana}. [Formerly written {broklempe} or {broklympe}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16Veronica Americana — Brooklime Brook lime , n. (Bot.) A plant ({Veronica Beccabunga}), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is {Veronica Americana}. [Formerly written {broklempe} or {broklympe}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17Veronica Beccabunga — Brooklime Brook lime , n. (Bot.) A plant ({Veronica Beccabunga}), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is {Veronica Americana}. [Formerly written {broklempe} or {broklympe}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 18bog plant — noun a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath • Syn: ↑marsh plant, ↑swamp plant • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑ …

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  • 19genus Veronica — noun widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Scrophulariaceae, ↑family Scrophulariaceae, ↑figwort family, ↑foxglove family …

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  • 20marsh plant — noun a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath • Syn: ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑ …

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