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Meaning of cornflower

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cornflower

Pronunciation:/ˈkɔɹnˌflaʊɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).

  2. A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.

  3. Cornflower blue.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.