brookweed

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brookweed

(ˈbrʊkˌwiːd)
n
(Plants) either of two white-flowered primulaceous plants, Samolus valerandi of Europe or S. floribundus of North America, growing in moist places. Also called: water pimpernel See also pimpernel
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Noun1.brookweed - American water pimpernel
water pimpernel - a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus
2.brookweed - water pimpernel of Europe to China
water pimpernel - a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus
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In several families there are representatives with contort petals, such as in Ebenaceae (Schoute, 1935), Ericaceae (Eichler, 1875; Schoute, 1935), Myrsinaceae (Schoute, 1935), Polemoniaceae (Eichler, 1875; Schoute, 1935), Samolaceae (Schoute, 1935), and Sapotaceae (Eichler, 1875).
1829 (Samolinarieae).--Type: Samolus L.; Samolaceae Raf., 1820.