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BLUE DEVIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue devil mean?
• BLUE DEVIL (noun)
The noun BLUE DEVIL has 2 senses:
1. a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
2. the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
Familiarity information: BLUE DEVIL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blue devil; blue thistle; blueweed; Echium vulgare; viper's bugloss
Hypernyms ("blue devil" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("blue devil" is a member of...):
Echium; genus Echium (a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
amobarbital sodium; Amytal; blue; blue angel; blue devil
Hypernyms ("blue devil" is a kind of...):
amobarbital (a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant)
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