blue-curls
or blue curls
[bloo-kurlz]
- (used with a singular or plural verb) any of several plants belonging to the genus Trichostema, of the mint family, having blue to pink or, rarely, white flowers with long, curved filaments.
- selfheal(def 1).
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Origin of blue-curls
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
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Well, the modest little Blue-curls long had had a working agreement with the Meadow Bees, and got on nicely.
Woodland TalesErnest Seton-Thompson