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Brooklime

noun
(Formerly written broklempe or broklympe)
1.
European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America.  Synonyms: European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga.
2.
Plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers.  Synonyms: American brooklime, Veronica americana.



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"Brooklime" Quotes from Famous Books



... Butter-and-eggs or Yellow Toadflax; Blue or Wild Toadflax or Blue Linaria; Hairy Beard-tongue; Snake-head, Turtle-head or Cod-head; Monkey-flower; Common Speedwell, Fluellin or Paul's Betony; American Brooklime; Culver's-root; Downy False Foxglove; Large Purple Gerardia; Scarlet Painted Cup or Indian Paint-brush; Wood Betony ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al

... Beccabunga. BROOKLIME. Herb. L. D.—This plant was formerly considered of great use in several diseases, and was applied externally to wounds and ulcers; but if it have any peculiar efficacy, it is to be derived from its ...
— The Botanist's Companion, Vol. II • William Salisbury



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