cornflower

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Synonyms: moonflower, noonflower, coneflower, cornflour, hornblower, cornfloor, cornflowers

Antonyms: moonflower, noonflower, coneflower, cornflour, hornblower, cornfloor, cornflowers

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Noun

1. A small annual plant in the family {{taxfmt|Asteraceae|family}}, {{taxfmt|Centaurea cyanus|species}}, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European [[cornfield]]s (i.e. [[wheatfield]]s).
2. A plant of the species {{taxfmt|Cichorium intybus|species}}.
3. A color, [[cornflower blue]].

Adjective

1. {{synonym of|en|cornflower blue}}, a [[shade]] of [[blue]] [[similar]] to that of the [[usual]] cornflower.

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