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Cornflower

/ˈkɔɹnˌflaʊɚ/

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

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noun
  1. 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. 2

    A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.

  3. 3

    Cornflower blue.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.

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