baby blue eyes
noun
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: a delicate blue-flowered California herb (Nemophila menziesii) of the waterleaf family
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The large white flowers of the dogwood tree will begin to bloom in April at Palomar Mountain State Park, along with baby blue eyes, tiger lilies, lupine and monkey flowers.
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
The trail snakes up a steep, narrow canyon, passing poppies, lupines, redbud, sky pilots, and baby blue eyes.
—Chris Van Leuven, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2022
There’s a good showing of wildflowers right now, including Mariposa lilies, paintbrush and baby blue eyes.
—Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
Add some Dutch white clover (Trifolium species), English daisy (Bellis perennis), and baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii) around the edges to break up the sea of green.
—Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2019
The actress is makeup-free and her enormous baby blue eyes pretty much pop off the screen.
—Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 9 Nov. 2019
That blonde, slicked-back hair, those baby blue eyes...anyway.
—Diana Bruk, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2018
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
The trail snakes up a steep, narrow canyon, passing poppies, lupines, redbud, sky pilots, and baby blue eyes.
—Chris Van Leuven, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2022
There’s a good showing of wildflowers right now, including Mariposa lilies, paintbrush and baby blue eyes.
—Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
Add some Dutch white clover (Trifolium species), English daisy (Bellis perennis), and baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii) around the edges to break up the sea of green.
—Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2019
The actress is makeup-free and her enormous baby blue eyes pretty much pop off the screen.
—Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 9 Nov. 2019
That blonde, slicked-back hair, those baby blue eyes...anyway.
—Diana Bruk, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2018
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