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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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
In the resulting enigmatic dreamscapes, muted purples, cornflower blues and soft ochres bloom and spatter and fleck in surprising, delicate ways.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 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
“I see midnight blue, persian blue, cornflower, powder, and sapphire. And whites? There’s porcelain, daisy, and pearl.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Sold by the Cotswold Auction Company, it features scrolling foliage, Tudor Roses, cornflowers, daisies and fruit.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023
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
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
Not the blue of cornflowers or dragonfly wings or skies, and not of tyranny, either, or murder waiting to happen.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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