Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BLUE-BOT'TLE
BLUE-BOT'TLE, n. [blue and bottle.]
- A plant, a species of Centaurea, called Cyanus, which grows among corn. This and the former plant receive their names from their blue funnel-shaped flowers.
- A fly with a large blue belly. – Johnson.
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