'Centaurea Cyanus' definitions:

Definition of 'Centaurea cyanus'

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noun
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, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus]

Definition of 'Centaurea cyanus'

From: GCIDE
  • Bluebottle \Blue"bot`tle\, blue-bottle \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. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. (Zool.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Centaurea Cyanus'

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  • Centaurea \Cen`tau*re"a\, prop. 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 (Centaurea Calcitrapa). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Centaurea Cyanus'

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  • Cornflower \Corn"flow`er\ (k[^o]rn"flou`[~e]r), n. (Bot.) A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Centaurea cyanus'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Centaurea cyanus'

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  • Bachelor's button \Bach"e*lor's but"ton\, (Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower ({Centaurea cyanus}) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena). [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers "from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons, anciently worne in this kingdom," according to Johnson's --Gerarde, p. 472 (1633); but by other writers ascribed to "a habit of country fellows to carry them in their pockets to divine their success with their sweethearts." --Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster]