单词 | baby blue-eyes |
释义 | baby blue-eyes in American English (ˈbluˌaɪz) US a native Calif. wildflower (Nemophila menziesii) of the waterleaf family with bell-shaped flowers baby-blue-eyes in American English (ˈbeibiˈbluːˌaiz) nounWord forms: plural -eyes (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of several plants of the genus Nemophila, of western North America, esp. N. menziesii, a low-growing plant having blue, white-centered flowers Word origin [1885–90, Amer.; so called from fancied resemblance of its spots to eyes]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: lineup, roller coaster, seminar, twofer, zoom |
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