baby-blue-eyes

American

[bay-bee-bloo-ahyz] / ˈbeɪ biˈbluˌaɪz /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

any of several plants of the genus Nemophila, of western North America, especially N. menziesii, a low-growing plant having blue, white-centered flowers.

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Noun Inflected Forms

baby-blue-eyes

plural

Etymology

Origin of baby-blue-eyes

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; so called from fancied resemblance of its spots to eyes

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There's some of that miserable pusley inching in on the baby-blue-eyes and they're such tiny things it doesn't take much to kill them.

From The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White

There are some baby-blue-eyes, and yonder dry field is brilliant with the colors of many others.

From Conservation Reader by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks

P. Douglasii, Torr., is a species with lavender corolla with much the aspect of the baby-blue-eyes.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

We could show where Johnnie-jump-ups and baby-blue-eyes grew thickest; where the cream cups were largest; and where the wild forget-me-nots blossomed.

From The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

This beautiful Nemophila is a more fragile flower than its sister, the baby-blue-eyes.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

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