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WATER SPEEDWELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water speedwell mean? 

WATER SPEEDWELL (noun)
  The noun WATER SPEEDWELL has 1 sense:

1. plant of wet places in Eurasia and Americaplay

  Familiarity information: WATER SPEEDWELL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER SPEEDWELL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant of wet places in Eurasia and America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Veronica anagallis-aquatica; Veronica michauxii; water speedwell

Hypernyms ("water speedwell" is a kind of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Holonyms ("water speedwell" is a member of...):

genus Veronica (widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell)


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