BLUE-CURLS Definition & Meaning

blue-curls

or blue curls

[ bloo-kurlz ]

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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.
selfheal ( def 1 ).

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Origin of blue-curls¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

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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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Self-heal or Blue-curls in the Grass 65 27.

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Self-heal or Blue-curls in the Grass You should know the history of the lowly little flower called Blue-curls; and you must remember that flowers have their troubles just as you have.

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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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