English noun: blue devil | |||
| 1. | blue devil (plant) a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States | ||
| Synonyms | blue thistle, blueweed, Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Member meronym | Echium, genus Echium | ||
| 2. | blue devil (artifact) the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic | ||
| Synonyms | amobarbital sodium, Amytal, blue, blue angel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amobarbital | ||