BLUE FLAG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally

Synonyms:

blue flag; Iris versicolor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("blue flag" is a kind of...):

flag; fleur-de-lis; iris; sword lily (plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals)

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