EUROPEAN BROOKLIME

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

brooklime; European brooklime; Veronica beccabunga

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Nouns denoting plants

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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