blueblossom

blueblossom
/blooh"blos'euhm/, n.
a shrub, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, of the buckthorn family, abundant in the western U.S., having finely toothed oblong leaves and lilaclike clusters of blue flowers. Also called blue myrtle.
[BLUE + BLOSSOM]

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