brookweed
- noun
- UK
:
pimpernel de agua
- The brookweed grows abundantly in the shallow waters of the marsh.
Examples
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In the wetland area, we found brookweed thriving alongside other moisture-loving plants.
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The delicate flowers of brookweed attract small insects in its natural habitat.
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Among the wildflowers are yellow star grass of the iris family, brookweed of the primrose family, Indian plantain of the aster family, as well as Saint Johnswort and lizard's-tail.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
A small plant with white flowers that grows in wet places
A small water plant with white or pink flowers that grows in wetlands
A small water plant with white flowers that grows at the edges of marshes and ponds
A small plant with white flowers that grows in wet places like riverbanks in the Americas
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word brookweed comes from brook 'small stream' and weed 'plant', so it literally names a plant that grows by brooks and in other wet places. Think of it as the 'weed of the brook', which helps you remember this delicate water-loving plant.
