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bluet

Pronunciation: /bluːɪt/

The English word “bluet” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any of several different plants, from several genera, having bluish flowers.
  2. Centaurea, a plant genus in the family Asteraceae
  3. Several plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, notably Houstonia and Oldenlandiopsis.
  4. Any of several small damselfly species, including the genera Coenagrion and Enallagma.
  5. A kind of blue woolen cloth.

Etymology

From Middle English blawede, blewed, blewet, bloued, blowed, bloweth, from Middle English blewe (“blue”). Alternatively, perhaps from Old French bleuet (diminutive of bleu (“blue”)). Compare modern French bleuet (“cornflower”). By surface analysis, blue + -et.

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