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blue thistle

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noun
  1. blueweed(def 1).

blueweed

[bloo-weed]
noun
  1. Also called blue thistle. a bristly weed, Echium vulgare, of the borage family, having showy blue flowers, a native of Europe naturalized in the U.S.
  2. chicory(def 1).

Origin of blueweed

First recorded in 1835–45; blue + weed1
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  • But for her blue-thistle gaze and the plaint of her body, you'd scarcely know she was there.

    Woman

    Magdeleine Marx

British Dictionary definitions for blue-thistle

blueweed

noun
  1. US another name for viper's bugloss
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