cornflower
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: cornflour
Noun
cornflower (plural cornflowers)
- 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.
Synonyms
- (Centaurea cyanus): bachelor's button, basket flower, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle
- (Cichorium intybus): common chicory, blue daisy, blue dandelion(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Translations
Centaurea cyanus
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Adjective
cornflower (not comparable)
- Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower.
Derived terms
Translations
cornflower coloured
See also
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)
Further reading
cornflower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Centaurea cyanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Centaurea cyanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - cornflower at USDA Plants database
