cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus
(noun) an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
strawflower, cornflower, Uvularia grandiflora
(noun) plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (Centaurea cyanus): bachelor's button, basket flower, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle
• (Cichorium intybus): common chicory, blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailor, blue weed, coffeeweed, chicory button, hendibeh, horseweed, ragged sailor, succory, wild bachelor's button, wild endive
cornflower (not comparable)
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
Source: Wiktionary
Corn"flow`er (-flou`r), n. (Bot.)
Definition: A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
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