AMERICAN BROOKLIME

 Dictionary entry overview: What does American brooklime mean? 

• AMERICAN BROOKLIME (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN BROOKLIME has 1 sense:

1. plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN BROOKLIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN BROOKLIME (noun)

Meaning:

Plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American brooklime; Veronica americana; brooklime

Hypernyms ("American brooklime" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("American brooklime" is a member of...):

genus Veronica (widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell)