speedwell
any of several plants, shrubs, or small trees of the genus Veronica, of the figwort family, having opposite leaves and small flowers.
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How to use speedwell in a sentence
After a short delay both vessels set out together; but they soon had to put back, because the speedwell proved unsafe.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberLow-growing lavender-colored phlox appears in masses, and Cusick's speedwell forms large patches of low-lying blue.
Your National Parks | Enos A. MillsAnd they should never have built those two last ships, the speedwell and the Goodhope; the return on them didn't justify it.
Space Viking | Henry Beam PiperThey managed to charter for this purpose two small vessels, the speedwell and the Mayflower.
The Story of American History | Albert F. BlaisdellThe speedwell was found to be unseaworthy and was abandoned.
The Hand of Providence | J. H. Ward
British Dictionary definitions for speedwell
/ (ˈspiːdˌwɛl) /
any of various temperate scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Veronica, such as V. officinalis (heath speedwell) and V. chamaedrys (germander speedwell), having small blue or pinkish white flowers
Origin of speedwell
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