Blue-island
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
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a small oak, Quercus incana, of the southern U.S., having crooked branches and blue-green leaves.
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a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
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