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English noun: blue devil

1. blue devil (plant) a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States


Synonymsblue thistle, blueweed, Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Member meronymEchium, genus Echium

2. blue devil (artifact) the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic


Synonymsamobarbital sodium, Amytal, blue, blue angel


Broader (hypernym)amobarbital









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