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BLUE FLAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue flag mean?
• BLUE FLAG (noun)
The noun BLUE FLAG has 1 sense:
1. a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
Familiarity information: BLUE FLAG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blue flag; Iris versicolor
Hypernyms ("blue flag" is a kind of...):
flag; fleur-de-lis; iris; sword lily (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)
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