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Definition of Baby blue-eyes
1. Noun. Delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Nemophila
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baby Blue-eyes
Literary usage of Baby blue-eyes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition: A Pictorial by Louis Christian Mullgardt, Maud Wotring Raymond, John Hamlin (1915)
"Interspersed among these are masses of brightly blossoming dainty flowers—baby
blue eyes in the spring and others, equally lovely, as the seasons change. ..."
2. From a Girl's Point of View by Lilian Bell (1897)
"... fair skin, and blue eyes—appealing, trustful, baby-blue eyes. Did you ever
notice that men always instinctively put confidence in a girl with blue eyes, ..."
3. Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton (1902)
"Then in this " unfenced garden" were also the baby blue-eyes, whose pretty
pale-blue blossoms come early in the spring, each one with a drop of honey at the ..."
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