speedwell

speed·well  (spdwl)

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Veronica, having opposite leaves and clusters of small, usually blue flowers.

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speedwell [ˈspiːdˌwɛl]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various temperate scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Veronica, such as V. officinalis (heath speedwell) and V. chamaedrys (germander speedwell), having small blue or pinkish white flowers

[from speed + well¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

speedwell - any plant of the genus Veronica       veronica flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Veronica - widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell field speedwell, Veronica agrestis - European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America corn speedwell, Veronica arvensis - erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America bird's eye, germander speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys - Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers common speedwell, gypsyweed, Veronica officinalis - common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes purslane speedwell, Veronica peregrina - North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe thyme-leaved speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia - perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World

Translations

speedwell [ˈspiːdwel] N (Bot) → verónica f