brook|lime

brook|lime
brook|lime «BRUK LYM», noun.
1. a European and Asian plant of the figwort family with small, racemose flowers, growing on the edges of brooks.
2. a related plant of America.
3. = water cress. (Cf. ↑water cress)
╂[Middle English brok-lemok < broc brook + lemok, Old English hleamoc the plant's name]

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