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ˈblawort Sc.
[f. bla, blae + wort herb, plant.]
The name in Scotland of two plants: the Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), and the Corn Bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus). Cf. blewart.
1728Ramsay Poet. Wks. (1848) III. 137 Of colour like a blawart blue. a1774Fergusson Poems (1845) 35 Een as blue's a blawort Wi' straiks. 1824Scott St. Ronan's II. 165 (Jam.) His poor wizened houghs as blue as a blawart. |