HyperDic: genus_veronica

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Veronica:
NOUNplantgenus Veronicawidespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers
English > genus Veronica: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwidespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell.
Member ofScrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove familyA family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales
Membersbrooklime, American brooklime, Veronica americanaplant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
brooklime, European brooklime, Veronica beccabungaEuropean plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers
field speedwell, Veronica agrestisEuropean plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks
veronica, speedwellAny plant of the genus Veronica
water speedwell, Veronica michauxii, Veronica anagallis-aquaticaplant of wet places in Eurasia and America
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishgenus veronica
Catalangenus veronica

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