blue thistle

noun

blueweed(def 1).

Words nearby blue thistle

blue stem, blue straggler, blue streak, blue succory, blue swimmer, blue thistle, blue tit, blue vein, blue velvet, blue verditer, blue vitriol

Definition for blue-thistle (2 of 2)

blueweed
[ bloo-weed ]
/ ˈbluˌwid /

noun

Also called blue thistle. a bristly weed, Echium vulgare, of the borage family, having showy blue flowers, a native of Europe naturalized in the U.S.
chicory(def 1).

Origin of blueweed

First recorded in 1835–45; blue + weed1

Example sentences from the Web for blue-thistle

  • But for her blue-thistle gaze and the plaint of her body, you'd scarcely know she was there.

    Woman |Magdeleine Marx

British Dictionary definitions for blue-thistle

blueweed
/ (ˈbluːˌwiːd) /

noun

US another name for viper's bugloss