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Meanings of cornflowers in inglés

ruso
василёк посевной
portugués
centaurea cyanus
español
centaurea cyanus
catalán
centaurea cyanus
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Species of plant.

Related terms
centaurea cyanus
Synonyms
Examples for "bluebottle"
Examples for "bluebottle"
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The bluebottle comes to my apparatus, guided by scent rather than sight.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
2
The larvae of the bluebottle hatch within two days in the warm weather.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
3
Great swarms of bluebottle flies buzzed lazily in the warm sunshine.
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
4
I next place in the cage a bluebottle, one only, to avoid confusion.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
5
Not even the presence of his bishop could make him spare a bluebottle.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
1
So instead of puny spring-sown cornflowers ( Centaurea cyanus) forced to hurtle swiftly into summer bloom, you get large robust plants as high as your chest.
The Irish Times
1
Sometimes called bachelor's button.
I Spy
2
The little yellow diurnal moth commonly known as "the wanderer" has a partiality for the nectar of the " bachelor's button," as yellow as itself.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
3
At least I couldn't find the Bachelor's Button, nor the London Pride, nor the Pansies, and I saw the Lavender-bush on the rubbish-heap.
A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an ...
Usage of cornflowers in inglés
1
Many poppies, cornflowers and, of course, nasturtiums call gently of another time.
The Guardian
2
The neighbouring farmers' fields are alive with poppies and astonishing blue cornflowers.
The Guardian
3
And flowers -cornflowers and peonies -are flaunting themselves so peacefully.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
4
The cornflowers are all withered, and what can I do with them?
The Precipice
5
To the east, beyond the walk, is another picture-Shastadaisies and blue cornflowers.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
6
The cornflowers and daisies on the Hour's dress are alone a perennial joy.
A Wanderer in Florence
7
It is a garden of poppies, cornflowers, and mustard flower now.
Letters from France
8
Poppies, cornflowers, lilies, tulips whose colours are those of the rainbow.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1
9
The grass was knee-high and thick with cornflowers, gentians, cinquefoil.
The subtle knife
10
I should have a garden blue with cornflowers, if to make their home in it.
The Pleasures of Ignorance
11
The children used to gather large nosegays of poppies and cornflowers, and little pinky convolvuli.
Esther : a book for girls
12
A bee feeding on the sky-blue flowers of annual cornflowers growing in Ashtown walled garden.
The Irish Times
13
The flowers of "La Primavera's" crown are blue and white cornflowers and primroses.
Pictures Every Child Should Know / A Selection of the World's Ar...
14
I picked the cornflowers here in the rye.
The Precipice
15
She forgot the cornflowers and stared at him.
Love and Mr. Lewisham
16
I hold the wreaths of flowers, the Pharaonic garlands of cornflowers, willow, olive, poppies, yellow ox-tongue.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra