cornflower: Meaning and Definition of
corn•flow•er
Pronunciation: (kôrn'flou"ur), [key] — n.
- Also calleda European composite plant, Centaurea cyanus, growing in grainfields, having blue to white flower heads, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- a deep, vivid blue.
- See
- strawflower (def. 2).
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