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cornflower.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɔɹnˌflaʊ.ɚ/US
  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. A color, cornflower blue.

Where this word comes from

From corn + flower. Piecewise doublet of cornflour.

adj/ˈkɔɹnˌflaʊ.ɚ/US
  1. Synonym of cornflower blue, a shade of blue similar to that of the usual cornflower.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From corn + flower. Piecewise doublet of cornflour.

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