cornflower

corn·flow·er (kôrn

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An annual Eurasian plant (Centaurea cyanus) in the composite family, cultivated and also naturalized in North America and having showy heads of blue, purple, pink, or white flowers. Also called bachelor's button.

[So called because it is found in cornfields.]

cornflower [ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian herbaceous plant, Centaurea cyanus, with blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, formerly a common weed in cornfields: family Asteraceae (composites) Also called bluebottle See also bachelor's-buttons

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Noun	1.	cornflower - plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried strawflower, Uvularia grandiflora genus Uvularia, Uvularia - genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States bellwort, merry bells, wild oats - any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
	2.	cornflower - an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms Centaurea, genus Centaurea - knapweed; star thistle

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cornflower [ˈkɔːnflaʊəʳ]

A. N → aciano m

B. ADJ (also cornflower blue) → azul aciano inv

cornflower [ˈkɔː^rnflaʊə^r] n → bleuet m, barbeau m cornflower blue
cornflower blue n → bleu m barbeau

cornflower [ˈkɔːnˌflaʊəʳ] n → fiordaliso

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bachelor's button bellwort bluebottle centaurea Centaurea cyanus centaury corn cornflour cornflower aster flower genus Centaurea genus Stokesia genus Uvularia merry bells Radiatiform stokes' aster Stokesia Stokesia laevis strawflower	It would be pleasant to take her away from that London in which she seemed an unusual figure, like a cornflower in a shop among orchids and azaleas; he had learned in the Kentish hop-field that she did not belong to the town; and he was sure that she would blossom under the soft skies of Dorset to a rarer beauty. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context From the trim little hat, with its white band and jaunty bunch of cornflowers, to the well-shaped patent shoes, she was neatly and daintily dressed. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context In front of the house the long borders have been stocked with larkspurs, annual and perennial, columbines, giant poppies, pinks, Madonna lilies, wallflowers, hollyhocks, perennial phloxes, peonies, lavender, starworts, cornflowers, Lychnis chalcedonica, and bulbs packed in wherever bulbs could go. Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context	corner post corner reflector corner shop Corner stone Corner tooth cornerback Cornercap cornered cornering cornerstone cornerwise cornet cornet player Cornet-a-piston cornetcy Corneter cornetfish cornetist cornett Corneule corneum cornfield cornflakes Cornfloor cornflour cornflower cornflower aster Cornforth cornhusk Cornhusker Cornhusker State cornhusking Cornic cornice Cornice ring Corniced corniche cornichon cornicle Cornicular corniculate Corniculum Corniferous Cornific cornification Cornified Corniform cornify Cornigerous Cornin Corning house	Cornets Cornett cornettist cornettist cornettist cornettists cornettists cornettists Cornetto Corneule corneum corneus layer Cornfed cornfield cornfield cornfield Cornfield ant Cornfield ant Cornfield ant Cornfields Cornfields Cornfields Cornflake Cornflake Appearance Cornflake family Cornflake family Cornflakes Cornfloor cornflour cornflours cornflower cornflower aster Cornflower blue Cornflower blue Cornflowers Cornflowers Cornford, John Cornforth Cornforth Cornforth Cornforth, John Warcup Cornforth, Maurice Campbell Cornforth, Sir John Warcup Cornhole Game Association cornhusk Cornhusker Cornhusker Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant Cornhusker State Cornhusker State cornhusking cornhusking Corni Corni Cornic corniccione cornice cornice cornice cornice Cornice (architecture)

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bachelor's button
bellwort
bluebottle
centaurea
Centaurea cyanus
centaury
corn
cornflour
cornflower aster
flower
genus Centaurea
genus Stokesia
genus Uvularia
merry bells
Radiatiform
stokes' aster
Stokesia
Stokesia laevis
strawflower

It would be pleasant to take her away from that London in which she seemed an unusual figure, like a cornflower in a shop among orchids and azaleas; he had learned in the Kentish hop-field that she did not belong to the town; and he was sure that she would blossom under the soft skies of Dorset to a rarer beauty.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

From the trim little hat, with its white band and jaunty bunch of cornflowers, to the well-shaped patent shoes, she was neatly and daintily dressed.

A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

In front of the house the long borders have been stocked with larkspurs, annual and perennial, columbines, giant poppies, pinks, Madonna lilies, wallflowers, hollyhocks, perennial phloxes, peonies, lavender, starworts, cornflowers, Lychnis chalcedonica, and bulbs packed in wherever bulbs could go.

Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context

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