Meanings
plural cornflowers
- A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Synonyms: bachelor's button, basket flower, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle
- A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
Synonyms: common chicory, blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailor, blue weed, coffeeweed, chicory button, hendibeh
- A color, cornflower blue.
- not comparableSynonym of cornflower blue, a shade of blue similar to that of the usual cornflower.
Synonyms: cornflower blue
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
nounA plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
adjectiveSynonym of cornflower blue, a shade of blue similar to that of the usual cornflower.
More synonyms by meaning
nounplant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
nounan annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From corn + flower. Piecewise doublet of cornflour.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque nabar-lore
- nabar-loreCentaurea cyanus
Bulgarian метличина
- метличина (metličina)Centaurea cyanus
Catalan blavet
- blavetCentaurea cyanus
Chinese Mandarin 矢車菊 /矢车菊
- 矢車菊 /矢车菊 (shǐchējú)Centaurea cyanus
Czech chrpa
- chrpaCentaurea cyanus
Danish kornblomst
- kornblomstCentaurea cyanus
Dutch korenbloem, echte korenbloem
- korenbloemCentaurea cyanus
- echte korenbloemCentaurea cyanus
- blauwbolCentaurea cyanus
- bolCentaurea cyanus
- korenbloemblauwcolour
Esperanto cejano
- cejanoCentaurea cyanus
Estonian rukkilill
- rukkilillCentaurea cyanus
Finnish ruiskaunokki, ruiskukka
- ruiskaunokkiCentaurea cyanus
- ruiskukkaCentaurea cyanus
French bleuet, centaurée bleuet
- bleuetCentaurea cyanus
- centaurée bleuetCentaurea cyanus
- aubifoinCentaurea cyanus
German Kornblume
- KornblumeCentaurea cyanus
Hungarian búzavirág
- búzavirágCentaurea cyanus
Irish coirce gorm, gormán
- coirce gormCentaurea cyanus
- gormánCentaurea cyanus
Italian fiordaliso
- fiordalisoCentaurea cyanus
Japanese 矢車菊
- 矢車菊 (yagurumagiku)Centaurea cyanus
Korean 수레국화
- 수레국화 (suregukhwa)Centaurea cyanus
Latvian rudzupuķe
- rudzupuķeCentaurea cyanus
Lithuanian vosilka
- vosilkaCentaurea cyanus
Persian گل گندم, گوز گندم
- گل گندم (gol-e gandom)Centaurea cyanus
- گوز گندم (gowz-e gandom)Centaurea cyanus
Polish bławatek, chaber
- bławatekCentaurea cyanus
- chaberCentaurea cyanus
- kolor bławatkowycolour
- kolor chabrowycolour
Portuguese centáurea, escovinha
- centáureaCentaurea cyanus
- escovinhaCentaurea cyanus
- marianinhaCentaurea cyanus
Romanian albăstrea
- albăstreaCentaurea cyanus
Russian василёк
- василёк (vasiljók)Centaurea cyanus
Slovak nevädza
- nevädzaCentaurea cyanus
Spanish azulejo, aciano
- azulejoCentaurea cyanus
- acianoCentaurea cyanus
Swedish blåklint, kornblomster
- blåklintCentaurea cyanus
- kornblomsterCentaurea cyanus
- kornblåcolour
Turkish mavikantaron, peygamber çiçeği
- mavikantaronCentaurea cyanus
- peygamber çiçeğiCentaurea cyanus
- acımıkCentaurea cyanus
- belemirCentaurea cyanus
Ukrainian воло́шка
- воло́шка (volóška)Centaurea cyanus
Vietnamese thanh cúc
- thanh cúcCentaurea cyanus
Welsh glas yr ŷd
- glas yr ŷdCentaurea cyanus
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
cornflower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflower
“cornflower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflower. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cornflower,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflower.
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