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Definition of Bluets

1. n. A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia cœrulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.

Definition of Bluets

1. Noun. (plural of bluet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bluets

1. bluet [n] - See also: bluet

Medical Definition of Bluets

1. A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia coerulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium. Origin: F. Bluet, bleuet, dim. Of bleu blue. See Blue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Bluets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE bluets Teacher's Story During April, great patches of blue appear in ... If we look carefully at the bluets we find two forms of flowers: (a) Those with ..."

2. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"OLDENLANDIA UNIFLORA L. Clustered bluets. M. p. 862. Low grounds. Summer. Burlington—Union Hall, Burlington (C.). Camden—Banks of Delaware (C.), Camden, ..."

3. Flora of Worcester County by Joseph Jackson (1894)
"HOUSTONIA, L. Houstonia. caerulea, L. bluets. Common. CEPHALANTHUS, L. Button-bush. -occidentalis, L. Button-bush. Common in swamps. ..."

4. Some of Our Flower Friends by Annie Chase (1897)
"bluets. LOSE beside Spring Everlasting is another little flower. It has four white petals. It has a golden eye. ..."

5. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE bluets Teacher's Story During April, great patches of blue appear in ... If we look carefully at the bluets we find two forms of flowers: (a) Those with ..."

6. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"OLDENLANDIA UNIFLORA L. Clustered bluets. M. p. 862. Low grounds. Summer. Burlington—Union Hall, Burlington (C.). Camden—Banks of Delaware (C.), Camden, ..."

7. Flora of Worcester County by Joseph Jackson (1894)
"HOUSTONIA, L. Houstonia. caerulea, L. bluets. Common. CEPHALANTHUS, L. Button-bush. -occidentalis, L. Button-bush. Common in swamps. ..."

8. Some of Our Flower Friends by Annie Chase (1897)
"bluets. LOSE beside Spring Everlasting is another little flower. It has four white petals. It has a golden eye. ..."

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