Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cornflower"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cornflower \Corn"flow`er\ (-flou`?r), n. (Bot.)
A conspicuous wild flower ({Centaurea Cyanus}), growing in
grainfields.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cornflower
n 1: plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for
its yellow flowers that can be dried [syn: {strawflower},
{Uvularia grandiflora}]
2: an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having
showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
[syn: {bachelor's button}, {bluebottle}, {Centaurea cyanus}]
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