名詞 brooklime:

1. European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：American brooklime, Veronica americana

brook.lime

n.（名詞）
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.
美洲婆婆納：兩種有親緣關(guān)系的蔓生植物的一種，北美洲的美洲婆婆納 和歐亞大陸的 有柄水苦荬 生長在潮濕的地方，有小的藍色或紫色花簇

來源：
Alteration of Middle English brokelemok
中古英語 brokelemok的變化
broke [brook] * see brook
broke [小溪] *參見 brook
lemok [a kind of brooklime] from Old English hleomoc
lemok [一種美洲婆婆納] 源自 古英語 hleomoc