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Meanings of centaurea cyanus in English
Species of plant.
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Examples for "bluebottle"
Examples for "bluebottle"
1
The bluebottle comes to my apparatus, guided by scent rather than sight.
2
The larvae of the bluebottle hatch within two days in the warm weather.
3
Great swarms of bluebottle flies buzzed lazily in the warm sunshine.
4
I next place in the cage a bluebottle, one only, to avoid confusion.
5
Not even the presence of his bishop could make him spare a bluebottle.
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Many poppies, cornflowers and, of course, nasturtiums call gently of another time.
2
The neighbouring farmers' fields are alive with poppies and astonishing blue cornflowers.
3
And flowers -cornflowers and peonies -are flaunting themselves so peacefully.
4
The cornflowers are all withered, and what can I do with them?
5
To the east, beyond the walk, is another picture-Shastadaisies and blue cornflowers.
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Sometimes called bachelor's button.
2
The little yellow diurnal moth commonly known as "the wanderer" has a partiality for the nectar of the " bachelor's button," as yellow as itself.
3
At least I couldn't find the Bachelor's Button, nor the London Pride, nor the Pansies, and I saw the Lavender-bush on the rubbish-heap.
Usage of centaurea cyanus in English
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So instead of puny spring-sown cornflowers ( Centaurea cyanus) forced to hurtle swiftly into summer bloom, you get large robust plants as high as your chest.
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