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Definition of Cornflower
1. Noun. Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried.
Group relationships: Genus Uvularia, Uvularia
Generic synonyms: Bellwort, Merry Bells, Wild Oats
2. Noun. An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Centaurea, Genus Centaurea
Definition of Cornflower
1. n. A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.
Definition of Cornflower
1. Noun. A small annual species of aster, ''Centaurea cyanus'', usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields). ¹
2. Noun. Cornflower blue. ¹
3. Adjective. Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cornflower
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornflower
Literary usage of Cornflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"Belton (in love with Miss Courtly) = Sinclair : Williams (a clergyman) = Chapman :
Mrs. cornflower = Miss Stephens : M iss Courtly (sister to Sir Charles—in ..."
2. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals: Comprising Electro by Georg Langbein (1909)
"However, after boiling, the articles must not be scratch-brushed, but after drying
rubbed with vaseline. Violet and cornflower-blue upon brass may be ..."
3. Myths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants in All Ages and in by Charles Montgomery Skinner (1911)
"cornflower Since the German imperial family's adoption of the centaurea ...
Like the poppy, which also grows in the grain, the cornflower is thought to have ..."
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