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单词 brooklime
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
brook•lime  (brŏŏklīm′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various speedwells found along brooks, in marshes, etc., as Veronica americana (American brooklime,) a creeping plant having leafy stems and loose clusters of small blue flowers.
  • late Middle English brokelemke, equivalent. to broke brook1 + lemke, Old English hleomoce speedwell, cognate with Middle Low German lömeke 1400–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
brooklime /ˈbrʊkˌlaɪm/ n
  1. either of two blue-flowered scrophulariaceous trailing plants, Veronica americana of North America or V. beccabunga of Europe and Asia, growing in moist places
    See also speedwell
Etymology: 16th Century: variant of C15 brokelemk speedwell, from brook1 + -lemk, from Old English hleomoce; influenced by lime
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