blue-eyed grass

blue-eyed grass
noun
plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
Hypernyms: ↑iridaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Sisyrinchium, ↑genus Sisyrinchium

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noun
: a plant of the genus Sisyrinchium having grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers

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any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Sisyrinchium, of the iris family, having grasslike leaves and small, usually blue, flowers.
[1775-85]

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blue-eyed grass noun
A mainly N American iridaceous plant with blue flowers (genus Sisyrinchium)
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Main Entry:blue

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blue-eyed grass,
a grasslike plant of the iris family with delicate blue flowers.

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n. a North American plant of the iris family, cultivated for its blue flowers. Genus Sisyrinchium, family Iridaceae: several species, including the flat-stemmed S. montanum

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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