Examples of “cornflower” in a Sentence

noun A small annual plant with bushy blue flowers that grows wild in the cornfields of Europe.

• We scattered cornflower seeds along the edge of the vegetable patch.
• A single cornflower was growing in the verge beside the wheat.
• The bees kept returning to the cornflowers by the gate.

noun A shade of blue, taken from the color of the flower and also called cornflower blue.

• She painted the kitchen door cornflower.
• The bridesmaids wore dresses in a soft cornflower.