veronica officinalis

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   common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes

   Synonymscommon speedwellgypsyweed

   Broaderveronica

Questions about veronica officinalis

What does veronica officinalis mean?

veronica officinalis means "common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes".

What is another word for veronica officinalis?

Close synonyms include common speedwell, gypsyweed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is veronica officinalis a common word?

veronica officinalis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.