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Cornflower   /kˈɔrnflˌaʊər/   Listen
Cornflower

noun
1.
Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried.  Synonyms: strawflower, Uvularia grandiflora.
2.
An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers.  Synonyms: bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus.



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"Cornflower" Quotes from Famous Books



... face with his cornflower-blue eyes and quiet, quizzical smile, he would say without the least confusion as he twisted the ...
— Through Russia • Maxim Gorky
... a small, sharp voice, as a long brass pin tried to straighten itself up in the middle of a faded blue cornflower, evidently prepared to ...
— Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 - Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. • Louisa M. Alcott


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