blue-curls

blue-curls

[bloo-kurlz]
noun, plural blue-curls.
1.
( 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.
2.
selfheal ( def 1 ).
Also, blue curls.


Origin:
1810–20, Americanism

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