cornflower
Americannoun
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Also called bachelor's-button, bluebottle. a European composite plant, Centaurea cyanus, growing in grainfields, having blue to white flower heads, often cultivated as an ornamental.
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Also called cornflower blue. a deep, vivid blue.
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Several papers also carry pictures of Catherine, Princess of Wales in a cornflower blue suit at Wimbldon.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
During our interview, Schneider repeatedly referred to stats from his Noom weight-loss app, his cornflower blue eyes glimmering as he spoke of caloric intake versus exercise expenditure in steps and miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
The bright blue cornflower, for instance, assembles a large complex of six anthocyanins and six copigments arranged like spokes on a wheel around four metal ions.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 14, 2023
With a frankly adorable Scottish accent and big cornflower blue eyes, she creates a character who is a total charmer.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
But my eyes are cornflower blue, like Mother’s.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Some of my favorites include violas, zinnias, rose petals, cornflowers and flowering herbs.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
The chamomile, cornflowers, ferns, irises and rustling grasses of the fields.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Burton's intimate view of Tutankhamun's outer coffin focuses on the garland of cornflowers and olives leaves adorning the young king's forehead.
From BBC ● May 10, 2022
Anthocyanins can change color depending on the acidity of a solution, so Willstätter proposed that roses had a different hue because the pH in their petals was lower than in cornflowers.
From Science Magazine ● May 2, 2019
A little to the left of the shoe I saw a vague heap of blue cornflowers on a white ground and this made me want to cry.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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