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cornflower
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As a noun, cornflower means a small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields). As an adjective, it means of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower.
Meanings of cornflower
6 meaningsnoun
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
Cornflower blue.
Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be driedplant
Similar: strawflower, Uvularia grandifloraAn annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowersplant
Similar: bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus
adjective
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).