Brooklime

Brooklime

Taxobox | name =Brooklime



image_caption = "Veronica beccabunga"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Scrophulariales
familia = Scrophulariaceae
genus = "Veronica"
species = "V. beccabunga"
binomial = "Veronica beccabunga"
binomial_authority = L.

Brooklime ("Veronica beccabunga") is a succulent herb belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It grows on the margins of brooks and ditches in Europe, North Africa and north and western Asia. It has smooth spreading branches, blunt oblong leaves and small bright blue or pink flowers.

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  • Brooklime — Brook lime , n. (Bot.) A plant ({Veronica Beccabunga}), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is {Veronica Americana}. [Formerly written {broklempe} or {broklympe}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brooklime — upelinė veronika statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bervidinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Veronica beccabunga), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje ir šiaurės Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Veronica beccabunga angl. brooklime; European… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • brooklime — /brook luym /, n. any of various speedwells found along brooks, in marshes, etc., as Veronica americana (American brooklime), a creeping plant having leafy stems and loose clusters of small blue flowers. [1400 50; late ME brokelemke, equiv. to… …   Universalium

  • brooklime — noun a speedwell with smooth fleshy leaves and deep blue flowers, growing in wet areas. [Veronica beccabunga.] Origin ME broklemok, from brook1 + hleomoce, the name of the plant in OE …   English new terms dictionary

  • brooklime — brook·lime …   English syllables

  • brooklime — /ˈbrʊklaɪm/ (say brookluym) noun a kind of speedwell, Veronica beccabunga, common in wet places …  

  • brooklime — n. a kind of speedwell, Veronica beccabunga, growing in wet areas …   Useful english dictionary

  • European brooklime — upelinė veronika statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bervidinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Veronica beccabunga), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje ir šiaurės Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Veronica beccabunga angl. brooklime; European… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • American brooklime. — See under brooklime. * * * …   Universalium

  • American brooklime — noun plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers • Syn: ↑brooklime, ↑Veronica americana • Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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