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brookweed

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brookweed [ˈbrʊkˌwiːd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) either of two white-flowered primulaceous plants, Samolus valerandi of Europe or S. floribundus of North America, growing in moist places Also called water pimpernel See also pimpernel
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Noun1.brookweed - American water pimpernel
Samolus floribundus, Samolus parviflorus
water pimpernel - a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus
2.brookweed - water pimpernel of Europe to China
Samolus valerandii
water pimpernel - a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus
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Two rather specialised wild flowers that most of us are unlikely to see are trientalis europaea, the chickweed wintergreen, thriving in wet acid moorland and coniferous forests and the brookweed, samolus valerandii, found on bare ground near the sea but which may also be seen being used as a submersed aquatic in well-lit cool water aquariums.
Love those primulas! by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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