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[bloo-it] | 1. | Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, esp. H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers. |
| 2. | any of various other plants having blue flowers. |
| blu·ets (blōō'ĭts) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Any of several herbs of the genus Hedyotis, especially the low-growing H. caerulea of eastern North America, which has blue flowers with yellow centers. Also called Quaker-ladies. [Middle English, from bleu, blue; see blue.] |
| Quak·er-la·dies (kwā'kər-lā'dēz) pl.n. See bluets. |