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Noun: cornflower  'korn,flaw(-u)r
  1. Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
    - strawflower, Uvularia grandiflora
     
  2. An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue, purple, pink or white flowers
    - bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus

Sounds like: cornflour

Derived forms: cornflowers

Type of: bellwort, flower, merry bells, wild oats

Part of: Centaurea, genus Centaurea, genus Uvularia, Uvularia

Encyclopedia: Cornflower

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