Brooklime (Veronica Beccabunga), a species of speedwell, having a superficial resemblance to watercresses, which it also slightly resembles in taste, if not also in anti-scorbutic properties, abundant in ditches, watercourses, and wet places near springs in Britain, and common throughout the palæarctic region. See SPEEDWELL.
Brooklime
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 480
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