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speedwell
CIDE DICTIONARY
speedwell, n.
Any plant of the genus Veronica , mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
speedwell, n. any small herb of the genus Veronica, with a creeping or ascending stem and tiny blue or pink flowers.
Etymology
app. f. SPEED + WELL(1)
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