brooklime

[ brook-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 brokebrook¹ + 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, Brooklynese

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Example sentences from the Web for brooklime

The leaves of the Brooklime Speedwell are smooth and glossy.
Flowers Shown to the Children|C. E. Smith
Bullrushes and brooklime are also good, but the bullrushes must be planted judiciously.
Amateur Fish Culture|Charles Edward Walker
Brooklime, Anagallis aquatica; moderately hot and moiſt, prevalent in the Scorbute, and Stone.
Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets|John Evelyn
But 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 placesSee also speedwell

Word Origin for brooklime

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

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单词	brooklime
释义	brooklime [ brook-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 brokebrook¹ + 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, Brooklynese Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brooklime The leaves of the Brooklime Speedwell are smooth and glossy. Flowers Shown to the Children\|C. E. Smith Bullrushes and brooklime are also good, but the bullrushes must be planted judiciously. Amateur Fish Culture\|Charles Edward Walker Brooklime, Anagallis aquatica; moderately hot and moiſt, prevalent in the Scorbute, and Stone. Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets\|John Evelyn But 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 placesSee also speedwell Word Origin for brooklime C16: variant of C15 brokelemk speedwell, from brook 1 + -lemk, from Old English hleomoce; influenced by lime 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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