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blue-curls
or blue curls
[ bloo-kurlz ]
noun
, plural blue-curls.
- (used with a singular or plural verb) any of several plants belonging to the genus Trichostema, of the mint family, having blue to pink or, rarely, white flowers with long, curved filaments.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blue-curls1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
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Example Sentences
The smoke began to rise in blue curls from the cottage chimneys, and the church clock struck the hour of five.
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The spinney opened out; the ferns were serenely uncoiling, the bluebells stood grouped with blue curls mingled.
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Of all the plants of our acquaintance, the common blue-curls is the most aggressive and ill-smelling.
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Both leaf and flower have a pleasant aromatic fragrance, entirely unlike the dreadful odor of the common blue-curls.
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Well, the modest little Blue-curls long had had a working agreement with the Meadow Bees, and got on nicely.
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