"brookweed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brookweeds [plural]
Etymology: From brook + weed. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brook|weed}} brook + weed Head templates: {{en-noun}} brookweed (plural brookweeds)
  1. A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel. Translations (Samolus valerandi): 水茴草 (shuǐhuícǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), suolapunka (Finnish), mouron d'eau [masculine] (French), Salz-Bunge [feminine] (German), pimienta acuática [feminine] (Spanish), bunge [common-gender] (Swedish), claerlys [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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