/brook"luym'/ , n.
any of various speedwells found along brooks, in marshes, etc., as Veronica americana (American brooklime) , a creeping plant having leafy stems and loose clusters of small blue flowers.
[ 1400-50; late ME brokelemke, equiv. to broke BROOK 1 + lemke, OE hleomoce speedwell, c. MLG lömeke ]