cornflower

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɔːrnflaʊər/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôrn′flou′ər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
corn•flow•er  (kôrn′flou′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant BiologyAlso 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.
  2. Also called corn′flower blue′. a deep, vivid blue.
  3. Plant BiologySee corn cockle. 
  4. Plant Biologystrawflower (def. 2).
  • corn1 + flower 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cornflower / ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə/
  1. a Eurasian herbaceous plant, Centaurea cyanus, with blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, formerly a common weed in cornfields: family Asteraceae (composites)
    See also bachelor's-buttons
'cornflower' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bachelor's-button - bluebonnet - bluebottle - centaurea - centaury - strawflower

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