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fluellin

fluellin noun: any of various varieties of Veronica, especially Veronica officinalis; speedwell. Also the alternative form of fluellen.

Noun

fluellin (countable and uncountable, plural fluellins)

  1. (obsolete) Any of various varieties of Veronica, especially Veronica officinalis; speedwell.
    • There is another sort of Lluellin which has longer branches wholly trailing upon the ground two or three foot long and sometimes more, thinner set with leaves thereon, upon small footstalks.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged
    • Round-leaved female fluellin, or speedwell. It grows among the corn, flowering in July or August, in England.1770, Charles Alston, Lectures on the Materia Medica, Lecture LVII

Also used as

fluellin is also the alternative form of fluellen.

Forms of fluellin

pluralfluellins
alternative formlluellin

Origin of fluellin

From Welsh llysiau Llewellyn, literally Llewellyn's herbs.

Questions about fluellin

What does fluellin mean?
Fluellin means any of various varieties of Veronica, especially Veronica officinalis; speedwell.
What part of speech is fluellin?
Fluellin is a noun.
What is the plural of fluellin?
The plural of fluellin is fluellins.

Words near fluellin in the dictionary

  1. Fluehr
  2. flueless
  3. fluelike
  4. fluellen
  5. fluellens
  6. fluellin
  7. fluellins
  8. fluellite
  9. fluellites
  10. fluence
  11. fluences

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