Definition of Blue-eyed grass

1. Noun. Plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers.

Generic synonyms: Iridaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Sisyrinchium, Sisyrinchium

Medical Definition of Blue-eyed grass

1. A grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue-eyed Grass

blue-blood
blue-blooded
blue-bloods
blue-bonnet
blue-chip
blue-chip stock
blue-collar
blue-collared
blue-eye
blue-eyed
blue-eyed(a)
blue-eyed African daisy
blue-eyed Mary
blue-eyed boy
blue-eyed boys
blue-eyed soul
blue-eyes
blue-green
blue-green alga
blue-green algae
blue-green bacteria
blue-green bacterium
blue-headed vireo
blue-light special
blue-nosed
blue-on-blue
blue-pencil
blue-plate special
blue-plate specials

Literary usage of Blue-eyed grass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"... blue-eyed grass. (Man. p. 286.) In meadows and fields, Mich, to NJ and Va.—Pennsylvania : MONROE ; PIK в. 2. ... POINTED BLUE EYED GRASS. (Man. p. ..."

2. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan (1917)
"Pointed blue-eyed grass; Eye-bright; Blue Star Sisyrinchium angustifolium Flowers—From blue to purple, with a yellow centre; a Western variety, white; ..."

3. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"The name blue-eyed grass is most appropriate to this plant, ... Another poet sings thus of the blue-eyed grass : " blue-eyed grass in the meadow, ..."

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