bluet

Definitions


[ˈbluːɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a low-growing evergreen North American plant with milky-blue flowers


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘cornflower’): from Old French bleuet, diminutive of bleu ‘blue’. The word was used in Canada from the mid 18th century to denote a blueberry plant, and in the current sense from the early 19th century




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