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CORNFLOWER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bachelor's button; bluebottle; Centaurea cyanus; cornflower

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cornflower; strawflower; Uvularia grandiflora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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