NOUN
- a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
How To Use blue flag In A Sentence
- [273-2] The Creeks had, according to Hawkins, not less than seven sacred plants; chief of them were the cassine yupon, called by botanists _Ilex vomitoria_, or _Ilex cassina_, of the natural order Aquifoliaceæ; and the blue flag, _Iris versicolor_, natural order Iridaceæ. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
- A big blue flag of a Cowboys helmet with his signature hangs above his favorite pool table.
- A parade of cars followed, all flying small blue flags on their hoods.
- Forget California, Costa Rica or even Cornwall: the Blue Flag beach here is the place for surfing, its rockless sand perfect for beginners and advanced surfers alike (it is also good for body boarding). Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
- We toddled along the prom then had a stroll on the blue flag sands.
- Other dancers at the Easter celebration include: the Caballeros or horseman who carry blue flags that symbolize.
- In the marshes and stream banks are green dragon, blue flag irises, swamp white oak, silver maple, bladder nut, poison ivy, bulrush, and willow.
- Wetland species occurring along the shoreline include buttonbush, dogwood, blue flag, river bulrush, cattail and arrowhead. Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ohio
- Rare species encountered at the Reserve have included bald eagles, least terns, peregrine falcons, piping plovers, slender blue flag iris, and arethusa orchid. Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maine
- And it is doubtful whether the beach will ever regain its Blue Flag status unless the sewerage facility in the seaside town is brought up to standard.
