bluet

[ bloo-it ]

noun

1. Usually bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis ), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
2. any of various other plants having blue flowers.

bluet

/ ˈbluːɪt /

noun

1. a North American rubiaceous plant, Houstonia caerulea , with small four-petalled blue flowers

Word History and Origins

Origin of bluet¹

1400–50; late Middle English blewet, blewed, variant of Middle English bloweth, blowed ( blue, blae ); suffix perhaps Old English -et, as in thicket

Example Sentences

For the last five years, Mr. Terrien and Ms. Henry, along with Mr. Terrien’s childhood friend Eric Martin, and Mr. Martin’s wife, Meredith McMonigle, have been making Bluet, a sparkling wine of wild blueberries with nothing added but yeast for fermentation.

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Bluet’s most recent version of the Prosecco-style wine, bottled with a screw cap, smelled like violets, roses and, yes, blueberries.

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Bluet is offering 70 cents a pound, three times what the processors were willing to pay in 2018.

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Consumers in many states can also buy directly from Bluet’s website.

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This ray of hope has attracted the attention of the state of Maine, which, in its effort to preserve agricultural traditions, has given Bluet grants and loans.

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