1. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large and troublesome species of blowfly (Musca vomitoria).
Its body is steel blue.
BLUEBREAST
Blue"breast`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler.
BLUECAP
Blue"cap`, n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) The bluepoll. (b) The blue bonnet or blue titmouse.
2. A Scot; a Scotchman; — so named from wearing a blue bonnet. [Poetic] Shak.
BLUECOAT
Blue"coat`, n.