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speed·well (-wel′)

noun

any of a genus (Veronica) of plants of the figwort family, with white or bluish flower spikes

Etymology: < speed, v. + well: orig. sense prob. “prosper well”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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