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cupid's-dart

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Cu⋅pid's-dart

[kyoo-pidz-dahrt, -dahrt]
–noun
blue succory.

blue succory

–noun
a composite garden plant, Catananche caerulea, of southern Europe, having very hairy leaves and blue flower heads, used by the ancients as a love potion.
Also called Cupid's-dart.
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cu·pid's-dart   (kyōō'pĭdz-därt')
n.   pl. cupid's-darts
A perennial Mediterranean herb (Catananche caerulea) in the composite family, cultivated for its long-stalked flower heads with showy, usually blue ray flowers.
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