American brooklime
noun
See under brooklime.
Definition for american brooklime (2 of 2)
brooklime
[ broo k-lahym ]
/ ˈbrʊkˌlaɪm /
noun
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.
Origin of brooklime
1400–50; late Middle English
brokelemke, equivalent to
broke
brook1 +
lemke, Old English
hleomoce speedwell, cognate with Middle Low German
lömeke
British Dictionary definitions for american brooklime
brooklime
/ (ˈbrʊkˌlaɪm) /
noun
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 Origin for brooklime
C16: variant of C15
brokelemk speedwell, from
brook
1 +
-lemk, from Old English
hleomoce; influenced by
lime