bluet

[ bloo-it ]

/ ˈblu ɪt /

noun

Usually bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.

any of various other plants having blue flowers.

Origin of bluet

1400–50; late Middle English blewet, blewed, variant of Middle English bloweth, blowed (see blue, blae); suffix perhaps Old English -et, as in thicket

Words nearby bluet

bluestone, blue straggler, blue streak, blue succory, blue swimmer, bluet, “Blue-Tail Fly”, bluethroat, bluethroat pikeblenny, bluetick, blue tit

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Example sentences from the Web for bluet

This cat one of the maids of honour held in her arms, saying, "Madam, Bluet is hungry!"
The Fairy Book|Dinah Maria Mulock (AKA Miss Mulock)
This cat one of the maids of honor held in her arms, saying, "Madam, Bluet is hungry!"
The Little Lame Prince|Miss Mulock--Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik
The princess observing it, "Bring that fricassee and that tart to poor Bluet," said she; "see how he cries to have them."
The Little Lame Prince|Miss Mulock--Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik

British Dictionary definitions for bluet

bluet

/ (ˈbluːɪt) /

noun

a North American rubiaceous plant, Houstonia caerulea, with small four-petalled blue flowers

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单词	bluet
释义	bluet [ bloo-it ] / ˈblu ɪt / noun Usually bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers. any of various other plants having blue flowers. Origin of bluet 1400–50; late Middle English blewet, blewed, variant of Middle English bloweth, blowed (see blue, blae); suffix perhaps Old English -et, as in thicket Words nearby bluet bluestone, blue straggler, blue streak, blue succory, blue swimmer, bluet, “Blue-Tail Fly”, bluethroat, bluethroat pikeblenny, bluetick, blue tit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bluet This cat one of the maids of honour held in her arms, saying, "Madam, Bluet is hungry!" The Fairy Book\|Dinah Maria Mulock (AKA Miss Mulock) This cat one of the maids of honor held in her arms, saying, "Madam, Bluet is hungry!" The Little Lame Prince\|Miss Mulock--Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik The princess observing it, "Bring that fricassee and that tart to poor Bluet," said she; "see how he cries to have them." The Little Lame Prince\|Miss Mulock--Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik British Dictionary definitions for bluet bluet / (ˈbluːɪt) / noun a North American rubiaceous plant, Houstonia caerulea, with small four-petalled blue flowers Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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