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brooklime

American  
[brook-lahym] / ˈbrʊkˌlaɪm /

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 British  
/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of brooklime

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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