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Meanings of cornflower in English

Portuguese
aciano
Catalan
blavet
Spanish
centaurea cyanus
Wikidata

An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers.

aciano

Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried.

A shade of blue found in cornflowers.

Usage of cornflower in English
1
Red hair, spilling past her waist, delicate skin and a cornflower-blue dress.
Immortal wolf
2
The khaki of the British mingled with the cornflower blue of the French.
Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive
3
The chintz had a cornflower design that repeated all these colors.
The House in Good Taste
4
He ducked his head round the door and his cornflower-blue gaze caught hers.
Dating the rebel tycoon
5
Blond hair, fair skin, a pert nose, and cornflower blue eyes.
Blood rites
6
They opened their eyes, cornflower blue that coalesced, like running ink, into black.
Audrey's door
7
The sky was a clear cornflower blue and the air smelled of new hay.
The man who ate the 747
8
They were such a clear, light blue-likethe cornflower crayon from the 64-Crayolabox.
Perfect
9
For instance, I decorated a room in soft cream, gray, yellow and cornflower blue.
The House in Good Taste
10
I have mentioned some already for your garden:-Canterburybell, cornflower and foxglove are biennials.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
11
In studio Gay Byrne is a vision in cornflower cashmere.
The Irish Times
12
His eyes were cornflower blue; I'd never noticed that before.
Shadowed summer
13
She wears a cornflower-blue dress and a string of pearls.
Phoenix noir
14
Julie leans against the cornflower plaster and closes one eye.
Pandaemonium
15
Appealing crinkles fanning out from a pair of cornflower-blue eyes.
Dating the rebel tycoon
16
There had been a child, too, with golden skin and her mother's cornflower eyes.
The king of lies
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Translations for cornflower
Catalan
blavet
Cornflower through the time
Cornflower across language varieties
United States of America
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