blue-eyed grass

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noun

any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Sisyrinchium, of the iris family, having grasslike leaves and small, usually blue, flowers.

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Origin of blue-eyed grass

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby blue-eyed grass

blue dogwood, blue duck, Blue Ensign, blue-eyed, blue-eyed boy, blue-eyed grass, blue-eyed Mary, blue-eyed soul, blue false indigo, Bluefield, Bluefields

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How to use blue-eyed grass in a sentence

Here he set growing dainty blue-eyed-Marys and blue-eyed grass side by side.
Freckles|Gene Stratton-Porter
Almost all the grass was blue-eyed grass, too, and there were yellow lilies all over the pool.
The Pot of Gold|Mary E. Wilkins
The blue-eyed grass is such a modest flower, one would never suspect it to be closely allied to the regal Iris.
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits|Mary Elizabeth Parsons
The Blue-eyed Grass is not a grass at all, but is so called on account of the grass-like leaves.
Flowers of Mountain and Plain|Edith S. Clements

The most valued flower of my childhood, outside the garden, was a little sister of the Iris—the Blue-eyed Grass.
Old-Time Gardens|Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for blue-eyed grass

blue-eyed grass

noun

any of various mainly North American iridaceous marsh plants of the genus Sisyrinchium that have grasslike leaves and small flat starlike blue flowers

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