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noun
a North American plant, Collinsia verna, of the figwort family, having long-stalked flowers with the upper lip white or purple and the lower lip blue.
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Origin of blue-eyed Mary
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Words nearby blue-eyed Mary
blue duck, Blue Ensign, blue-eyed, blue-eyed boy, blue-eyed grass, blue-eyed Mary, blue-eyed soul, blue false indigo, Bluefield, Bluefields, bluefin
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British Dictionary definitions for blue-eyed Mary
blue-eyed Mary
noun
a blue-flowered boraginaceous plant, Omphalodes verna, native to S Europe and cultivated in Britain
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