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cornflower

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corn·flow·er  (kôrnflour)
n.
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]
n
(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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Noun1.cornflowercornflower - 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.cornflowercornflower - 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
Translations
cornflower [ˈkɔːnflaʊəʳ]
A. N → aciano m
B. ADJ (also cornflower blue) → azul aciano inv
cornflower [ˈkɔːrnflaʊər] n → bleuet m, barbeau m cornflower blue
cornflower blue n → bleu m barbeau
cornflower [ˈkɔːnˌflaʊəʳ] n → fiordaliso
cornflower [ˈkɔːnˌflaʊəʳ] n → fiordaliso


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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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