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cornflower(dictionary)

cornflower (iou)



cornflower noun. E16.
[from CORN noun1 + FLOWER noun.]
Any of several flowers that grow in corn, esp. Centaurea cyanus, a tall, usu. blue, annual formerly common as a weed; a flower or flowering stem of such a plant. E16.
A soft purplish-blue colour. Also cornflower blue. E20.