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    SPEEDWELL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any plant of the genus Veronicaplay

    Synonyms:

    speedwell; veronica

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speedwell"):

    field speedwell; Veronica agrestis (European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America)

    corn speedwell; Veronica arvensis (erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America)

    bird's eye; germander speedwell; Veronica chamaedrys (Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers)

    common speedwell; gypsyweed; Veronica officinalis (common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes)

    purslane speedwell; Veronica peregrina (North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe)

    thyme-leaved speedwell; Veronica serpyllifolia (perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World)

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

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

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