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# speedwell

noun (speedwell, speedwells)

«speedwell» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A small wild plant with tiny bright blue flowers, often found in grass, lawns and hedges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedwell/#m1)

### In the lessons

In nature walks and science lessons about wildflowers in the UK and Ireland, speedwell is one of the easiest blue flowers to spot in spring. Its old name «bird's-eye» comes from the white centre.

### Examples

- Tiny blue speedwell flowers grew all over the lawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedwell/#x1)
- We found speedwell on our nature walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedwell/#x2)
- Speedwell flowers have four petals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedwell/#x3)
- The bees visited the speedwell in the hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedwell/#x4)
- Germander speedwell is a common British wildflower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedwell/#x5)
- Speedwell flowers close up when it rains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedwell/#x6)

### Note

Countable for kinds. One word. The flower's Latin name is Veronica.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «speedwell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedwell/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«speedwell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/speedwell.html) on Mova free.