English > genus Veronica: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell. |
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Member of | Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales |
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Members | brooklime, American brooklime, Veronica americana | plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers |
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brooklime, European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga | European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers |
field speedwell, Veronica agrestis | European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks |
veronica, speedwell | Any plant of the genus Veronica |
water speedwell, Veronica michauxii, Veronica anagallis-aquatica | plant of wet places in Eurasia and America |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus veronica |
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Catalan | genus veronica |
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