/bay"bee blooh"uyz'/ , n. , pl. baby-blue-eyes . ( used with a sing. or pl. v. )
any of several plants of the genus Nemophila, of western North America, esp. N. menziesii, a low-growing plant having blue, white-centered flowers.
[ 1885-90, Amer.; so called from fancied resemblance of its spots to eyes ]