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| | | genus veronica | (n) widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell | | veronica | (n) any plant of the genus Veronica, Syn. speedwell | | brooklime | (n) European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America, Syn. European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga | | brooklime | (n) plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers, Syn. Veronica americana, American brooklime | | common speedwell | (n) common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes, Syn. Veronica officinalis, gypsyweed | | corn speedwell | (n) erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America, Syn. Veronica arvensis | | culver's root | (n) a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America, Syn. whorlywort, Culvers root, Culvers physic, Culver's physic, Veronicastrum virginicum | | field speedwell | (n) European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America, Syn. Veronica agrestis | | germander speedwell | (n) Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers, Syn. bird's eye, Veronica chamaedrys | | purslane speedwell | (n) North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe, Syn. Veronica peregrina | | thyme-leaved speedwell | (n) perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World, Syn. Veronica serpyllifolia | | water speedwell | (n) plant of wet places in Eurasia and America, Syn. Veronica michauxii, Veronica anagallis-aquatica |
| | Veronica | n. [ LL.; -- so called from Veronica, a woman who, according to an old legend, as Christ was carrying the cross, wiped his face with a cloth, which received an impression of his countenance; Veronica is fr. MGr. Beroni`kh, fr. Macedonian Bereni`kh, for Gr. Fereni`kh, literally, carrying off victory, victorious. ] 1. A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) A genus of scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Several herbaceous species are common in both Europe and America, most of which have small blue flowers. A few shrubby species from New Zealand are sometimes found in cultivation. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 九蓋草 | [くがいそう;クガイソウ, kugaisou ; kugaisou] (n) (uk) Veronicastrum sibiricum (species of flowering plant) [Add to Longdo] | | 大犬の陰嚢 | [おおいぬのふぐり;オオイヌノフグリ, ooinunofuguri ; ooinunofuguri] (n) (uk) Persian speedwell (Veronica persica); large field speedwell; bird's-eye speedwell; birdeye speedwell; winter speedwell [Add to Longdo] | | 大犬陰嚢 | [おおいぬふぐり;オオイヌフグリ, ooinufuguri ; ooinufuguri] (n) (uk) (See 大犬の陰嚢) Persian speedwell (Veronica persica); large field speedwell; bird's-eye speedwell; birdeye speedwell; winter speedwell [Add to Longdo] | | 瑠璃虎の尾;兎児尾苗 | [るりとらのお, ruritoranoo] (n) beach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia [Add to Longdo] |
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