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. See speedwell
   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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of brooklime¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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The leaves of the Brooklime Speedwell are smooth and glossy.

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

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

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