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BLUE-EYED GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue-eyed grass mean?
• BLUE-EYED GRASS (noun)
The noun BLUE-EYED GRASS has 1 sense:
1. plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
Familiarity information: BLUE-EYED GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("blue-eyed grass" is a kind of...):
iridaceous plant (any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae)
Holonyms ("blue-eyed grass" is a member of...):
genus Sisyrinchium; Sisyrinchium (chiefly North American grasslike herbs)
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