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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE-EYED GRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE-EYED GRASS (noun)


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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