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[syn: cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cornflower \Corn"flow`er\ (k[^o]rn"flou`[~e]r), n. (Bot.)
A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in
grainfields.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bachelor's button \Bach"e*lor's but"ton\, (Bot.)
A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several
species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaurea
cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).
[1913 Webster]
Note: Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers
"from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons,
anciently worne in this kingdom," according to
Johnson's --Gerarde, p. 472 (1633); but by other
writers ascribed to "a habit of country fellows to
carry them in their pockets to divine their success
with their sweethearts." --Dr. Prior.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bluets \Blu"ets\, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See
Blue, a.] (Bot.)
A name given to several different species of plants having
blue flowers, as the Houstonia c[oe]rulea, the Centaurea
cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Centaurea \Cen`tau*re"a\, prop. n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.)
A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles
and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea
Cyanus) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Centaurea cyanus
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]