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blue•blos•som

Pronunciation: (blOO'blos"um), [key]
—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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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