baby-blue-eyes

American  

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

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

plural

baby-blue-eyes

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of baby-blue-eyes

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

Example Sentences

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 Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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 Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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 Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner

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

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

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 White, William Patterson