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COMMON SPEEDWELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common speedwell mean?
• COMMON SPEEDWELL (noun)
The noun COMMON SPEEDWELL has 1 sense:
1. common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes
Familiarity information: COMMON SPEEDWELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common speedwell; gypsyweed; Veronica officinalis
Hypernyms ("common speedwell" is a kind of...):
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