Blue-eyed-grass
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Sisyrinchium, of the iris family, having grasslike leaves and small, usually blue, flowers.
Historical Examples
Oldfield Nancy Huston Banks
Flowers of Mountain and Plain Edith S. Clements
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Freckles Gene Stratton-Porter
Old-Time Gardens Alice Morse Earle
The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. Various
The Pot of Gold Mary E. Wilkins
noun
any of various mainly North American iridaceous marsh plants of the genus Sisyrinchium that have grasslike leaves and small flat starlike blue flowers
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