Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flower or plant growing in grain-fields, as the wild poppy, and especially the bluebottle, Centaurea Cyanus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A conspicuous wild flower (
Centaurea Cyanus ), growing in grainfields.
from 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 Europeancornfields (i.e.wheatfields ). - noun
Cornflower blue . - adjective Of a
blue colour, as that of the cornflower.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He has isolated the characteristic pigment and investigated its chemical nature from a rather large number of flowers, such as cornflower, roses, pelargonia, larkspur, hollyhock, etc., as well as from some fruits, such as bilberries, black grapes and cranberries.
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Bachelor’s Button Also called cornflower, these annuals make 1-inch flowers in shades of red, white, and blue on 2-foot stalks.
THE ARROWS COOKBOOK Clark Frasier 2003
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For example: green tea extracted in pure organic grape alcohol or cornflower extracted in glycerin.
Deborah Burnes: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful Deborah Burnes 2012
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Though their plates were heaped with smoked pork and caramelized onions and leeks and cornflower cakes, they sat in silence, unsure what to say.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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For example: green tea extracted in pure organic grape alcohol or cornflower extracted in glycerin.
Deborah Burnes: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful Deborah Burnes 2012
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For example: green tea extracted in pure organic grape alcohol or cornflower extracted in glycerin.
Deborah Burnes: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful Deborah Burnes 2012
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Vichy Laboratoires's Purete Thermale eye makeup remover soothes sensitive eyes with cornflower water and pro-vitamin B5.
Trend Report: Fall's new bounty of beauty Holly E. Thomas 2010
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Allison had great big breasts and enormous cornflower eyes, which were opened even wider than normal at the sight of all that money.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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The fantasies begin to take shape: first a porch with splintered cornflower blue floorboards, then the dog everyone thinks is stupid.
Dating An Alien Amy Butcher 2011
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For example: green tea extracted in pure organic grape alcohol or cornflower extracted in glycerin.
Deborah Burnes: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful Deborah Burnes 2012
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