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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Blue
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Times Plants newsletter will receive Jeanette’s Mix, a special packet of colorful sunflower seeds and California poppies that Marantos hoped to offer this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
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