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Webster 1913 Edition


Cornflower

Corn′flowˊer

(kôrn′flouˊẽr)
,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A conspicuous wild flower (
Centaurea Cyanus
), growing in grainfields.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cornflower

CORNFLOWER

,
Noun.
A flower or plant growing among corn; as the blue-bottle, wild poppy, &c.

Definition 2024


cornflower

cornflower

English

Noun

cornflower (plural cornflowers)

  1. A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
  2. A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
  3. Cornflower blue.

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cornflower (not comparable)

  1. Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower.

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