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cornflower

The correct spelling is cornflower.

How to pronounce cornflower

/ˈkɔɹnˌflaʊɚ/
noun

IPA: /ˈkɔɹnˌflaʊɚ/

Say it like: Cor-nfl-owe-r

The correct spelling is cornflower. A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
  2. 2.A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
  3. 3.Cornflower blue.

adjective

  1. 1.Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.

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