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MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maiden blue-eyed Mary mean?
• MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY (noun)
The noun MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY has 1 sense:
1. small widely branching western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado
Familiarity information: MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small widely branching western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Collinsia parviflora; maiden blue-eyed Mary
Hypernyms ("maiden blue-eyed Mary" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("maiden blue-eyed Mary" is a member of...):
Collinsia; genus Collinsia (genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States)
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