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单词 bluet
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Definition of bluet in English:

bluet

noun ˈbluːɪtˈblo͞oət
  • A low-growing evergreen North American plant with milky-blue flowers.

    矢车菊

    Hedyotis or 'Houstonia' caerulea, family Rubiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He stands as a glad, unnecessary witness to an event - the bluets unseasonable flowering - made possible and then actually made by ‘stamina.’
    • Those little bluets look so sweet!
    • I stopped dead in my tracks and grinned real big when I noticed that the lawns are speckled with beautiful little bluets.
    • That bluet breaks me up, tiny spring flower late, late in dour October.
    • The only other large masses of flowers I saw this early in Georgia were little bluets and spring beauties.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, diminutive of bleu 'blue'.

Rhymes

cruet, intuit, suet, Yuit

Definition of bluet in US English:

bluet

nounˈblo͞oət
  • A low-growing North American plant of the bedstraw family, with small four-petaled flowers and paired leaves. Bluets often grow in large groups.

    Genus Houstonia or 'Hedyotis', family Rubiaceae: several species, especially H. caerulea, with milky-blue or white flowers, and long-leaved bluets (H. longifolia), with white or lavender flowers

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He stands as a glad, unnecessary witness to an event - the bluets unseasonable flowering - made possible and then actually made by ‘stamina.’
    • Those little bluets look so sweet!
    • I stopped dead in my tracks and grinned real big when I noticed that the lawns are speckled with beautiful little bluets.
    • The only other large masses of flowers I saw this early in Georgia were little bluets and spring beauties.
    • That bluet breaks me up, tiny spring flower late, late in dour October.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, diminutive of bleu ‘blue’.

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