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2 definitions found 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["o]l.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue. From WordNet r 1.6 [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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