WATER SPEEDWELL

 Dictionary entry overview: What does water speedwell mean? 

• WATER SPEEDWELL (noun)
  The noun WATER SPEEDWELL has 1 sense:

1. plant of wet places in Eurasia and America

  Familiarity information: WATER SPEEDWELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER SPEEDWELL (noun)

Meaning:

Plant of wet places in Eurasia and America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Veronica anagallis-aquatica; Veronica michauxii; water speedwell

Hypernyms ("water speedwell" is a kind of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Holonyms ("water speedwell" is a member of...):

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