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Blue point   /blu pɔɪnt/   Listen
Blue point

noun
1.
Oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw.  Synonym: bluepoint.
2.
Small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island.  Synonym: bluepoint.



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"Blue point" Quotes from Famous Books



... Green, and without saying anything more they sauntered in, along the broad gravel walk sweeping round the enclosure; slowly, till they had passed the fortifications and stood looking upon the bay over towards Blue Point. The sun was almost on the low ruddied horizon; a stirring north breeze came down from the up country, roughening the bay, and the sunbeams leapt across from the opposite western shore giving a touch ...
— Hills of the Shatemuc • Susan Warner



Words linked to "Blue point" :   oyster, genus Ostrea, huitre, bluepoint, Ostrea



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