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VERONICA AMERICANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Veronica americana mean?
• VERONICA AMERICANA (noun)
The noun VERONICA AMERICANA has 1 sense:
1. plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
Familiarity information: VERONICA AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American brooklime; brooklime; Veronica americana
Hypernyms ("Veronica americana" is a kind of...):
bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)
Holonyms ("Veronica americana" is a member of...):
genus Veronica (widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell)
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