blue·bot·tle /ˈbluˌbɑtḷ/
矢車菊,青蠅
blue·bot·tle /ˈbluˌbɑtḷ/ 名詞
綠頭蠅
Blue·bot·tle, 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.
2. Zool. A large and troublesome species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria). Its body is steel blue.
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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]