cornflower

A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).

Adjective

  1. Synonym of cornflower blue, a shade of blue similar to that of the usual cornflower.

    Synonyms: cornflower blue

Origin

From corn + flower. Piecewise doublet of cornflour.

Derived

cornflower blue

Noun

  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. A color, cornflower blue.

Forms

cornflowers

Synonyms

bachelor's button basket flower bluebottle boutonniere flower hurtsickle common chicory blue daisy blue dandelion blue sailor blue weed coffeeweed chicory button hendibeh horseweed ragged sailor succory wild bachelor's button wild endive