cornflower Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
    strawflower; Uvularia grandiflora.
  2. noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
    bachelor's button; Centaurea cyanus; bluebottle.

WordNet


Corn"flow`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.

Webster 1913