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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Certain plants of genus Veronica, with usually blue flowers in axillary racemes:; European brooklime (Veronica beccabunga)
2. 2
   plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers wordnet
3. 3
   Certain plants of genus Veronica, with usually blue flowers in axillary racemes:; American brooklime (Veronica americana)
4. 4
   European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

american brooklimeeuropean brooklimeveronica americanaveronica beccabunga

Etymology

From brook + lime?

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