Brooklime (Noun)
Meaning 1
European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The woodland garden featured a patch of vibrant brooklime, its delicate blue flowers swaying gently in the breeze.
- As she wandered along the forest trail, the naturalist spotted a rare patch of brooklime growing among the underbrush.
- The park ranger noted that the invasive plant species was crowding out the native brooklime in several areas of the nature preserve.
- In the early spring, the brooklime that lined the creek bed began to produce its characteristic blue blossoms.
- The botanist carefully transplanted a specimen of European brooklime to a controlled environment to study its unique properties.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.