bluet

English

Etymology

From French bleuet, diminutive of bleu (“blue”).

Noun

bluet (plural bluets)

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

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

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 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 Houstonia and Oldenlandiopsis.
2. Any of several small damselfly species, including the genera Coenagrion and Enallagma.

Derived terms

• attenuated bluet
• bluet-eyed
• boreal bluet
• creeping bluet

References

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

Anagrams

• butle, lubet