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ˈyellow-ˌbottle
1. [cf. bluebottle 1, bottle n.4] The marigold (obs.); also the corn-marigold (dial.).
c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 112 Menelaca, gall. gounde, anglice yellebotel [v.r. yelebothel]. 1847Halliwell, Yellow-bottle, corn marigold. Kent.
2. nonce-use [after bluebottle 3]. (See quot.)
1898Morris Austral Eng., Korrumburra, aboriginal name for the common blow-fly, which in Australia is a yellow-bottle, not a blue-bottle. |