Meaning

3 senses
  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).

    Kornblume

    василёкvasiljók

    воло́шкаvolóška

    an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers

  2. A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.

  3. A color, cornflower blue.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Far out at sea the water is as blue as the bluest cornflower and as clear as the clearest crystal.

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  2. Far out in the sea the water is as blue as the petals of the cornflower, and clear as the purest glass.

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  3. On Mary's head was a garland of daisies and cornflowers.

    ruНа голове у Мэри венок из ромашек и васильков.

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Translations

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Origin

From corn + flower. Piecewise doublet of cornflour.

From corn + flower. Piecewise doublet of cornflour.

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Forms

plural: cornflowers
Singularcornflower
Pluralcornflowers

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
Centaurea cyanus:bachelor's buttonbluebottlebasket flowerboutonniere flowerhurtsickle
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cornflower — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto