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
Words nearby brooklime
brookhaven,
brookie,
brookings,
brookite,
brooklet,
brooklime,
brookline,
brooklyn,
brooklyn bridge,
brooklyn center,
brooklyn park
Example sentences from the Web for brooklime
The leaves of the Brooklime Speedwell are smooth and glossy.
Flowers Shown to the Children |C. E. SmithBullrushes and brooklime are also good, but the bullrushes must be planted judiciously.
Amateur Fish Culture |Charles Edward WalkerBrooklime, Anagallis aquatica; moderately hot and moiſt, prevalent in the Scorbute, and Stone.
Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets |John EvelynBut the ditches below are yet green with brooklime and rushes.
Nature Near London |Richard Jefferies
British Dictionary definitions for 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