bluet
/ˈbluːɪt
/noun
A low-growing evergreen North American plant with milky-blue flowers.
- Hedyotis (or Houstonia) caerulea, family Rubiaceae.
- 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!
Origin
Early 18th century: from French, diminutive of bleu 'blue'.