blue flower

collocation in English

meaningsofblueandflower

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blue
adjective
uk
/bluː/us
/bluː/
of the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or a darker or lighter type ...
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flower
noun[C]
uk
/flaʊər/us
/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
the part of a plant that is often brightly coloured and has a pleasant smell, or the type of plant that ...
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(Definition ofblueandflowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblue flower

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But, if ablueflowerappeared gray in the twilight, what was its "true" color at that time?
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In it,bluefloweris used as the source of a fear-intensifying hallucinogenic drug.
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Thebluefloweris genetically dominant over the white flower.
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He confiscated it and was about to arrest her however, he took pity on her when he noticed theblueflowerin her hair.
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It bears a tall, naked stem topped with a spray of smaller stalks, each ending in a purple orblueflower.
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She was like a sparklingblueflowerand a beautiful human being.
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Its stamens are hidden inside narrow flower-tubes which end in a white eye in the centre of ablueflower.
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She dresses in violet withblueflowerdecorations.
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The inflorescence contains white toblueflowerheads with spiny, blue-tinged bracts.
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She is holding a fakeblueflowerwith her bouquet.
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Leveling up can only be done via ablueflower, which allows the player to warp back to a church.
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She is only seen with ablueflowerdress and a dark purple choker with a green jade on it.
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It has a darkblueflowerthat is almost black.
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Blueflower-heads are bore on top of the stem and branches arranged in loose corymbose inflorescence.
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He noted that the red flowers seemed black, while the blue flowers seemed gray.
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She wears a long sleeved blue shirt with white cuffs coming out, a pink skirt, ankle socks, and pink flats with abluefloweron top of it.
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The comparison involved may involve a fair bit of (not too farfetched) imagination as in the case of the lovein-a-mist plant with its profusion of rather misty blue flowers.
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The blue flowers are now on top of the plants.
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