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noun
Certain plants of genus Veronica, with usually blue flowers in axillary racemes:
European brooklime (Veronica beccabunga)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Certain plants of genus Veronica, with usually blue flowers in axillary racemes:
American brooklime (Veronica americana)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: American brooklime, Veronica americana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
noun
European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
History
From brook + lime?
