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Definition of Speedwells
1. speedwell [n] - See also: speedwell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speedwells
Literary usage of Speedwells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Study Plants: Or, Introduction to Botany, Being an Illustrated Flora by Alphonso Wood (1882)
"THE speedwells. Description.—Along the borders of the woods, ... The speedwells
are small or large herbs, with opposite or whorled leaves,and small blue, ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture and Home Farmer (1907)
"With the speedwells, The generic name of these plants has jts origin in a strange
... Then we have in Britain a number of speedwells, more or less rare, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The speedwells are mostly herbs, with a few exotic, shrubs, best known by ...
A third and still hardier group of the New /«•aland speedwells is the truly ..."
4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In speedwells the petals come to resemble leaves. The bunches, rosettes, and
balls of small green leaves replacing the flowers are set close together on the ..."
5. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The speedwells, of which there are several species, have only two stamens.
They are usually provided with capsules of a heart shape, caused by the deep ..."
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