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blue-flowered

blue-flowered

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A plant that has blue flowers
  • adjective
translation icon : de flores azules
  • She loved her room—the blue-flowered wallpaper, the old, saggy bed.
  • blue-flowered plant
  • blue-flowered dress

Examples

  • Not young, she was dark-haired, pretty, and slender in a dress of pale-blue flowered cotton.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Whippy Bird and I looked pretty snazzy, too, in matching red-and-blue flowered rayon dresses.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • In her high-heeled white shoes and her pale blue flowered dress, she walked straight ahead, not turning to wave or to look back.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Anther chose four plastic hockey sticks and a blue flowered tissue holder for his mom.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • She wrote her final drafts on blue-flowered stationery and put them in a box under her bed, where no one would read them.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • So were the shelf of paperbacks, the failed ant farm, the blue-flowered linoleum, and the rag rug made from my old dresses.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Azove hyssop is a blue-flowered plant of the mint family, whose twigs were used for sprinkling in biblical purification rituals.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The garden was vibrant with various plants, especially the stunning blue-flowered varieties that attracted many butterflies.

  • In spring, the blue-flowered plants bloom beautifully, making the landscape come alive with color.

  • I decided to plant blue-flowered species, such as delphiniums and hydrangeas, to add a pop of color to my garden.

Surface Forms

blue-flowered positive

Morphology

blue-flowered = blue + flower (transparent) = blue + flower + ed

Formed by combining 'blue' + 'flower' with the adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' on 'flower', giving the straightforward meaning 'having blue flowers'.

Etymology

Blue-flowered joins blue and flower and works like blue-eyed: it literally means 'having blue flowers'. A helpful image is a plant wearing a blue crown of flowers, which makes the meaning easy to remember.