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MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maiden blue-eyed Mary mean? 

MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY (noun)
  The noun MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY has 1 sense:

1. small widely branching western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Coloradoplay

  Familiarity information: MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAIDEN BLUE-EYED MARY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small widely branching western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Collinsia parviflora; maiden blue-eyed Mary

Hypernyms ("maiden blue-eyed Mary" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("maiden blue-eyed Mary" is a member of...):

Collinsia; genus Collinsia (genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States)


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