English > veronica: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any plant of the genus Veronica. |
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Synonym | speedwell |
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Member of | genus Veronica | widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers |
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Narrower | common speedwell, gypsyweed, Veronica officinalis | Common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes |
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corn speedwell, Veronica arvensis | Erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America |
field speedwell, Veronica agrestis | European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks |
germander speedwell, bird's eye, Veronica chamaedrys | Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers |
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 |
Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
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Spanish | sudario, verónica |
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Catalan | veronica, Veronica, verònica |
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