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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus]

2. blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight;
[syn: bluebottle, Calliphora vicina]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus] 2: blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight [syn: bluebottle, Calliphora vicina]