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Blue-eyed grass   Listen
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Blue-eyed grass  n.  (Bot.) A grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.






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"Blue-eyed grass" Quotes from Famous Books



... of grass that I have gathered bear a close but of course minute resemblance to the Indian corn, having a top feather and eight-sided spike of little grains disposed at the sidejoints. The sisyrinchium, or blue-eyed grass, is a pretty little flower of an azure blue, with golden spot at the base of each petal; the leaves are flat, stiff, and flag-like; this pretty flower grows in tufts on light ...
— The Backwoods of Canada • Catharine Parr Traill



Words linked to "Blue-eyed grass" :   genus Sisyrinchium, iridaceous plant



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