cornflower

Meaning

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. A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
3. A color, cornflower blue.
4. Synonym of cornflower blue, a shade of blue similar to that of the usual cornflower.

Etymology / origin

From corn + flower. Piecewise doublet of cornflour.

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