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Cornflower

noun

Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried. Synonyms: strawflower, Uvularia grandiflora.

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

... the light! Blue as lupin or larkspur, or cornflower—aye, and even so blue art thou, my scriven, to think how far the written page falls short of the bright ecstasy of thy dream! In the bottle, what magnificence of unpenned stuff lies cool and liquid: what fluency of essay, what fonts of song. As the bottle glints, blue as a squill ...

— Mince Pie • Christopher Darlington Morley

Words linked to "Cornflower" : bachelor's button, strawflower, genus Uvularia, merry bells, Centaurea, bellwort, genus Centaurea, wild oats, Centaurea cyanus, flower, Uvularia