blue-eyed grass

B0344500 (blo͞o′īd′)n. Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Sisyrinchium native to the Americas, having grasslike leaves and small blue, white, or yellow flowers.

blue-eyed grass

n (Plants) any of various mainly North American iridaceous marsh plants of the genus Sisyrinchium that have grasslike leaves and small flat starlike blue flowers

blue′-eyed` grass′

n. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Sisyrinchium, of the iris family, having grasslike leaves and small, usu. blue flowers. [1775–85]

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Noun

blue-eyed grass - plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowersiridaceous plant - any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceaegenus Sisyrinchium, Sisyrinchium - chiefly North American grasslike herbs

blue-eyed grass

blue-eyed grass:

see irisiris,
common name for members of the genus Iris of the Iridaceae, a family of perennial herbs that includes the crocuses, freesias, and gladioli. The family is characterized by thickened stem organs (bulbs, corms, and rhizomes) and by linear or sword-shaped
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blue-eyed grass

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blue-eyed grass

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noun plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers

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