Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The brooklime, Veronica Beccabunga.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
brooklime .
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Examples
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It is the _brok lempe_ of old writers, _Veronica beccabunga_, the syllable _bec_ signifying a beck or brook; or perhaps the whole title comes from the Flemish _beck pungen_, mouth-smart, in allusion to the pungent taste of the plant.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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_Hleomoce_, _Hleomoc_, brooklime (where lime is the Saxon name (_Hleomoc_) in decay), _Veronica beccabunga_, with
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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