CORNFLOWER


Meaning of CORNFLOWER in English

/kawrn"flow'euhr/ , n.

1. Also called bachelor's-button, bluebottle . a European composite plant, Centaurea cyanus, growing in grainfields, having blue to white flower heads, often cultivated as an ornamental.

2. Also called cornflower blue . a deep, vivid blue.

3. See corn cockle .

4. strawflower (def. 2).

[ 1570-80; CORN 1 + FLOWER ]

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