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Definition of Field speedwell
1. Noun. European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America.
Exact synonyms: Veronica Agrestis
Group relationships: Genus Veronica
Generic synonyms: Speedwell, Veronica
Group relationships: Genus Veronica
Generic synonyms: Speedwell, Veronica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Speedwell
Literary usage of Field speedwell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British and Garden Botany: Consisting of Descriptions of the Flowering by Leo Hartley Grindon (1864)
"SPIKED field speedwell—Veron'ica arven'sis. Dry fields, especially among clover;
upon old walls, where there is loose earth; and very frequent as a weed in ..."
2. A Flora of Shropshire by W[illiam] A[llport] Leighton (1841)
"Green procumbent field speedwell. Stem procumbent ; leaves petiolate, cordato-ovate,
inciso-serrate, longer than the flower-stalk ; calyx-segments oblong, ..."
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