bluet

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bleuet, diminutive of bleu (“blue”).

Noun

bluet (plural bluets)

1. Any of several different plants having blue flowers from several genera.
   • 1913, Robert Frost, 'The Vantage Point':

     My breathing shakes the bluet like a breeze [...].

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 232:

     They passed undulating fields of wheat speckled with the confetti of poppies and bluets.

   1. Centaurea, a plant genus in the family Asteraceae
   2. Several plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, notably and .
2. Common name for several small damselfly species, including the genera Coenagrion and .

Derived terms

• bluet-eyed
• creeping bluet

References

• “bluet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• bluet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• butle