Bluebottle definition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bluebottle \Blue"bot`tle\, blue-bottle \blue-bottle\, n.
     1. (Bot.) an annual Eurasian plant ({Centaurea cyanus}) which
        grows in grain fields; -- called also {bachelor's button}.
        It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
        Varieties cultivated in North America have showy heads of
        blue or purple or pink or white flowers


  
     Syn: cornflower, bachelor's button.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Zool.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca
        vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bluebottle
       n 1: an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having
            showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
            [syn: {cornflower}, {bachelor's button}, {Centaurea
            cyanus}]
       2: blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing
          noise in flight [syn: {Calliphora vicina}]

















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