cornflower
Americannoun
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cornflowers
plural
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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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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
Of course, in the fashion world, an item of clothing can't just be blue, so Laws says he thinks cornflower and cobalt blue will make a particular appearance across shows.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
A few years ago, Buchweitz tried to develop the cornflower blue as a colorant for the food industry, but it didn’t pan out.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 14, 2023
Or the indigo lines undulating gently down her arm on a cornflower background look like water.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 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
Her high-rise garden attracted "bees and butterflies" and "a family of goldfinches" which fed on seeds from the cornflowers she grew.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2020
Scientists got their first glimpse of the complexity behind blue flowers in 1913, when German researcher Richard Willstätter announced he had isolated the blue pigment from cornflowers.
From Science Magazine ● May 2, 2019
The child’s pink nightie, the stacks of white pillow slips edged with embroidery, the sheets with top hems picked out with blue cornflowers.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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