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Definition of European brooklime
1. Noun. European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America.
Group relationships: Genus Veronica
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Brooklime
Literary usage of European brooklime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1902)
"It was, therefore, peculiarly interesting to Mr. Emile F. Williams and the writer
to find, in August last, the true european brooklime, V. Beccabunga, ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Veronica Beccabunga L., a european brooklime, similar to V. americana in habit,
but with crenate or low-serrate broad tipped leaves, is naturalized about ..."
3. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1908)
"... L. (european brooklime.) Almost fleshy, prostrate and strongly repent; leaves
oval or short-oblong, rounded at tip, crenate, ..."
4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"Veronica scutellata is the "American brooklime". "Brooklime" is said to be a
middle English name meaning brook and plant. The european brooklime is V. bcc- ..."
5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... Veronica beccabunga L. european brooklime Herbaceous perennial Wet shores and
ditches. Veronica chamaedrys L. Bird's-eye; Germander speedwell Herbaceous ..."