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Definition of Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea cyanus
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.
Centaurea cyanus
Bluets Blu"ets, n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See Blue, a.] (Bot.) A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia c[oe]rulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.
Centaurea Cyanus
Centaurea Cen`tau*re"a, n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).
Centaurea Cyanus
Cornflower Corn"flow`er (-flou`?r), n. (Bot.) A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.

Meaning of Centaurea cyanus from wikipedia

- Centaurea cy****, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Europe. In the past...
- outermost ray florets. It may be distinguished from the cornflower, Centaurea cy****, by having a single (rarely up to three) flower heads, and by its being...
- but that term more often specifically means either C. cy**** (the annual cornflower) or Centaurea montana (the perennial cornflower). The common name "centaury"...
- Syria. Centaurea cyanoides looks similar to the European cornflower Centaurea cy**** although C.cyanoides is much smaller, only 2-3 cm wide. It grows only...
- The plant genus Cy**** is nowadays included in Centaurea. Cy**** is a genus of flies in the family Calliphoridae. C. elongatus (Hough, 1898) Hall, D. G...
- and New Zealand Blue ant, a species of large solitary parasitic wasp Centaurea cy****, the cornflower Graphium sarpedon, common bluebottle, or blue triangle...
- names like Centaurea cy**** can suggest that cy**** is an adjective which should agree with Centaurea, i.e. that the name should be Centaurea cyana, whereas...
- arvensis, corn chamomile Callirhoe involucrata, purple poppy-mallow Centaurea cy****, cornflower Coreopsis tinctoria, plains coreopsis Dianthus barbatus...
- color name can be traced back to a dye produced from the cornflower (Centaurea cy****). In most languages, 'cyan' is not a basic color term and it phenomenologically...
- Centaurea cuneifolia Sm. Centaurea cuspidata Vis. Centaurea cyanoides Wahlenb. Centaurea cyanomorpha Stef. & T.Georgiev Centaurea cy**** L. Centaurea...