blue curls

9.5

A small wild plant in North America with groups of blue flowers

noun
/blu kɜrlz/

: rizos azules

The delicate whorls of the blue curls added a splash of color to the garden.

Examples

Native bees are often attracted to the blue curls growing along the trail.
She identified the wildflowers as blue curls based on their unique scent and blue blooms.
The garden was full of blue curls in bloom.
Have you seen the blue curls near the park?
Native bees are often attracted to the blue curls growing along the trail.
The delicate whorls of the blue curls added a splash of color to the garden.
She identified the wildflowers as blue curls based on their unique scent and blue blooms.

Synonyms

Trichostema

vsblue curls

Specialized

9.9

A group of scented herbs and small shrubs from North America called blue curls

is the common everyday name used for those same North American plants

Surface Forms

blue curls singular

blue curls plural

Morphology

blue + curl

The meaning is a straightforward descriptive combination of 'blue' (color) + 'curls' (curled/whorled shapes), so 'blue curled/whorled flowers' or plants with blue whorls is directly inferable. In the garden/bloom context this follows normal adjective+noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand the referent.

Etymology

The name blue curls comes from the plant's small blue flowers that grow in tight curls around the stem, like little rings. So, the picture of these blue curls explains why the name means this kind of 'wildflower'.