blue star
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- noun
- US
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estrella azul
- The blue star plant thrives in sunny areas with well-drained soil.
Examples
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I saw a blue star in the garden yesterday.
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The blue star blooms beautifully in spring.
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Native to the Southeast, blue star adds color and texture to perennial borders.
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She chose blue star for its attractive blue flowers and easy maintenance.
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The garden was filled with blooming blue star during the spring.
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The gardener planted several blue star flowers in the garden to attract butterflies.
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In late spring, the blue star blooms add a vibrant touch to the landscape.
Synonyms
A plant that lives many years and grows in clumps with blue flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'blue star' is directly compositional: 'blue' denotes color and 'star' signals a star-shaped form, so a learner who knows both words can infer a blue, star-shaped thing and therefore plausibly a plant with blue, star-shaped flowers. This follows normal English adjective+noun semantics and is cross-linguistically common, making the meaning immediately recoverable.
Etymology
The plant called blue star gets its name from its many small, blue flowers that look like little stars. So the name means 'a plant with blue, star-shaped flowers'.