"sea bluebell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sea bluebells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sea bluebell (plural sea bluebells)
  1. Mertensia maritima, a flowering plant in the genus Boraginaceae. Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants Synonyms: oyster leaf, oyster plant Translations (Mertensia maritima): oesterblad [neuter] (Dutch), merihalikka (Finnish), mertensie maritime [feminine] (French), blálilja [feminine] (Icelandic), østersurt [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), østersurt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ostronört [common-gender] (Swedish)

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