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Noun: brooklime  'brûk,lIm
  1. European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America
    - European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga
     
  2. Plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
    - American brooklime, Veronica americana

Derived forms: brooklimes

Type of: bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant

Part of: genus Veronica

Encyclopedia: Brooklime