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BROOKLIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brooklime mean? 

BROOKLIME (noun)
  The noun BROOKLIME has 2 senses:

1. European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North Americaplay

2. plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BROOKLIME used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BROOKLIME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

brooklime; European brooklime; Veronica beccabunga

Hypernyms ("brooklime" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("brooklime" is a member of...):

genus Veronica (widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American brooklime; brooklime; Veronica americana

Hypernyms ("brooklime" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("brooklime" is a member of...):

genus Veronica (widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell)


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