brooklime

名词 brooklime:

1. European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America
   同义词：European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga
2. plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
   同义词：American brooklime, Veronica americana

brook.lime

n.（名词）
Either of two related trailing plants,Veronica americana of North America and V. beccabunga of Eurasia, growing in wet or moist places and having clusters of small blue or purplish flowers.
美洲婆婆纳：两种有亲缘关系的蔓生植物的一种，北美洲的美洲婆婆纳 和欧亚大陆的 有柄水苦荬 生长在潮湿的地方，有小的蓝色或紫色花簇

来源：
Alteration of Middle English brokelemok
中古英语 brokelemok的变化
broke [brook] * see brook
broke [小溪] *参见 brook
lemok [a kind of brooklime] from Old English hleomoc
lemok [一种美洲婆婆纳] 源自 古英语 hleomoc