About The Word Bluebottle
Learn about the word Bluebottle to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Bluebottle definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Bluebottle
| Bluebottle Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Bluebottle?
[n] blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
[n] an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers Synonyms | Synonyms for Bluebottle: bachelor's button | Calliphora vicina | Centaurea cyanus | cornflower Related Terms | Find terms related to Bluebottle: See Also | blow fly | blowfly | Centaurea | flower | genus Centaurea Bluebottle In Webster's Dictionary \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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Concerned ‐ feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of…
- Amsonia tabernaemontana ‐ subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing…
- Molecular(a) ‐ (psychology) relating to simple or elementary organization; "proceed…
- Mountain pride ‐ mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy…
- Craggy ‐ rocky and steep [adj] having hills and crags;…
- Clear away ‐ remove…
- White tie and tails ‐ formalwear consisting of full evening…
- Rare earth ‐ any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through…
- Untermeyer ‐ United States writer…
- Freewheeler ‐ someone acting freely or even…