Cornflower

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  • noun. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A flower or plant growing in grain-fields, as the wild poppy, and especially the bluebottle, Centaurea Cyanus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small annual species of aster, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
  • noun. Cornflower blue.
  • adjective. Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower.
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  • noun. plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
  • noun. an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
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