cornflower
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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.
- A color, cornflower blue.
Synonyms edit
- (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
Translations edit
Centaurea cyanus
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colour
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Adjective edit
cornflower (not comparable)
- Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
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cornflower coloured
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See also edit
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)
Further reading edit
- cornflower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Centaurea cyanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Centaurea cyanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- cornflower at USDA Plants database