Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brooklime

2 senses of brooklime

Sense 1
brooklime, European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga -- (European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America)
       => marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant -- (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Sense 2
brooklime, American brooklime, Veronica americana -- (plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers)
       => marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant -- (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)