Found 3 items, similar to Bluebottle.
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Definition: bluebottle
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bluebottle
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bluebottle
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. (Zo["o]l.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly
(
Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel blue.
[1913 Webster]