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brooklime

[ brook-lahym ]

noun

  1. 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.


brooklime

/ ˈbrʊkˌlaɪm /

noun

  1. either of two blue-flowered scrophulariaceous trailing plants, Veronica americana of North America or V. beccabunga of Europe and Asia, growing in moist places See also speedwell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brooklime1

1400–50; late Middle English brokelemke, equivalent to broke brook 1 + lemke, Old English hleomoce speedwell, cognate with Middle Low German lömeke
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brooklime1

C16: variant of C15 brokelemk speedwell, from brook 1+ -lemk , from Old English hleomoce ; influenced by lime
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Example Sentences

Brooklime, Anagallis aquatica; moderately hot and moiſt, prevalent in the Scorbute, and Stone.

The leaves of the Brooklime Speedwell are smooth and glossy.

But the ditches below are yet green with brooklime and rushes.

Bullrushes and brooklime are also good, but the bullrushes must be planted judiciously.

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