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EUROPEAN BROOKLIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European brooklime mean?
• EUROPEAN BROOKLIME (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN BROOKLIME has 1 sense:
1. European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN BROOKLIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("European 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 ("European 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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