bluebottle
Meanings
Plural: bluebottles
Noun
- an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
- Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
- A marine jellyfish of the genus Physalia, which includes Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, and Physalia utriculus, the Pacific man-of-war; a man-of-war.
- A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus, with blue flowers resembling bottles.
- A blue ant, Diamma bicolor, a parasitic wasp native to Australia.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium, also called triangles, etc.
- A police officer.
- A bluestocking.
Origin / Etymology
From blue + bottle, after the resemblance to shiny colored-glass bottles. In sense 3 (“cornflower”), via Middle English blewbothel. Sense 6 (“police officer”) is in reference to the colour of the uniform.
Synonyms
bachelor's button, Calliphora vicina, Centaurea cyanus, cornflower
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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