speedwell : Idioms & Phrases
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common speedwell
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noun common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes
Veronica officinalis; gypsyweed.
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corn speedwell
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noun erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America
Veronica arvensis.
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field speedwell
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noun European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America
Veronica agrestis.
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germander speedwell
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noun Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers
Veronica chamaedrys; bird's eye.
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purslane speedwell
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noun North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe
Veronica peregrina.
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thyme-leaved speedwell
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noun perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World
Veronica serpyllifolia.
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water speedwell
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noun plant of wet places in Eurasia and America
Veronica michauxii; Veronica anagallis-aquatica.
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Wa"ter speed"well
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(Bot.) A kind of speedwell ( Veronica Anagallis ) found in wet places in Europe and America.