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VERONICA AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Veronica americana mean? 

VERONICA AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun VERONICA AMERICANA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VERONICA AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.


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VERONICA AMERICANA (noun)


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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 ("Veronica americana" 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 ("Veronica americana" is a member of...):

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


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