Bluebottle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bluebottle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Bluebottle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluebottle n an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers Synonym(s): cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight Synonym(s): bluebottle, Calliphora vicina
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluebottle \Blue"bot`tle\, n. 1. (Bot.) A plant ({Centaurea cyanus}) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue.