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blue lips

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noun

  1. a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet.


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At this point he may have progressed to a breath-holding spell, as prolonged screaming often does in infancy, with blue lips and no air movement.

From Slate

“Blue Lips,” his sixth and most recent LP, shook off any midcareer stasis.

From Los Angeles Times

Those tracks from “Blue Lips” were statements of purpose for 2024, but he also had hits for the L.A. canon: “Collard Greens” will go down as an era-defining track for SoCal rap, and at this 10-year anniversary edition of Flog Gnaw, you could start to see the history taking shape.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a Ugly Come Up” is so feral, so brazenly uninhibited, that Schoolboy Q’s “Blue Lips” seems almost family-friendly by comparison.

From Los Angeles Times

The study in the Blue Lips cichlid, a species native to swamps and lakes of Uganda, showed that the eyes and pupil size of young fish raised in cloudy water grew larger than those of fish raised in clear water.

From Science Daily