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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Origin of cornflower
Vocabulary lists containing cornflower
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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
The color palette recalled a rainy day on the highlands: moss, brown, slate gray and maroon, cornflower blue, mustard.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 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
When Peter Lai opens the door to his Arts District loft, he’s wearing high-waisted teal slacks, a seafoam mesh top printed with a dragon, a bright blue cap and cornflower acetate glasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 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
She added that the bees will come when the cornflowers bloom, in warmer, bluer months.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2021
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
It was her favorite one, pale yellow bordered with the cornflowers after which she was named.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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