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bluets

blu·ets [ bl əts ] (plural blu·ets) or blu·et [ bl it ] (plural blu·ets)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant with four-petaled flowers: a plant of the madder family. Flowers: small, pale blue to white, four-petaled, with yellow centers. Native to: North America.  Genus Hedyotis. ( + singular or plural verb )

[Early 18th century. Plural of bluet< French bl(e)uet "small blue" < bleu "blue"]
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