cornflower

[kawrn-flou-er]

corn·flow·er

[kawrn-flou-er]
noun
1.
Also called bachelor's-button, bluebottle. a European composite plant, Centaurea cyanus, growing in grainfields, having blue to white flower heads, often cultivated as an ornamental.
2.
Also called cornflower blue. a deep, vivid blue.
4.
strawflower (def. 2).

Origin:
1570–80; corn1 + flower
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Cornflower is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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cornflower (ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə)
 
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See also bachelor's-buttons Also called: bluebottle a Eurasian herbaceous plant, Centaurea cyanus, with blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, formerly a common weed in cornfields: family Asteraceae (composites)

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