cornflower
4 synonyms for cornflower, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A small annual plant with bushy blue flowers that grows wild in the cornfields of Europe.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. 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.”
2. noun
A shade of blue, taken from the colour of the flower and also called cornflower blue.
“She painted the kitchen door cornflower.”
How to use cornflower
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Neutral, used in everyday speech and in gardening and colour descriptions.
Etymology
The word is a compound of English corn and flower, so it names a flower of the cornfields. It is a piecewise doublet of cornflour.
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