CORNFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cornflower mean? 

• CORNFLOWER (noun)
  The noun CORNFLOWER has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: CORNFLOWER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORNFLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cornflower; strawflower; Uvularia grandiflora

Hypernyms ("cornflower" is a kind of...):

bellwort; merry bells; wild oats (any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers)

Holonyms ("cornflower" is a member of...):

genus Uvularia; Uvularia (genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bachelor's button; bluebottle; Centaurea cyanus; cornflower

Hypernyms ("cornflower" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("cornflower" is a member of...):

Centaurea; genus Centaurea (knapweed; star thistle)