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cornflower
CIDE DICTIONARY
cornflower, n.
A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus ), growing in grainfields. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cornflower, n. any plant of the genus Centaurea growing among corn, esp. C. cyanus, with deep-blue flowers.
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