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单词 blawort
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blawortn.

Etymology: < bla, blae adj. and n. + wort herb, plant.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblawort.
Scottish.
The name in Scotland of two plants: the Harebell ( Campanula rotundifolia), and the Corn Bluebottle ( Centaurea cyanus). Cf. blewart n.
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1722 A. Ramsay Chamaeleon in Fables & Tales i. x. 23 Of Colour like a Blawart Blue.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 160 Een as blue's a blawart Wi' straiks.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. iv. 165 His poor wizened houghs as blue as a blawart.
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