EGAVE

cornflower

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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. noun A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
  3. noun A color, cornflower blue.
  4. adjective Synonym of cornflower blue, a shade of blue similar to that of the usual cornflower.

Similar words

strawflower bluebottle centaurea cyanus uvularia grandiflora blue blue bonnet bluet crowflower centaury blawort

Often followed by

blue eyes and in is was

Word family

cornflowers

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