Cornflower

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cornflower \Corn"flow`er\ (k[^o]rn"flou`[~e]r), n. (Bot.)
     A conspicuous wild flower ({Centaurea Cyanus}), growing in
     grainfields.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]