Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kawrn-flou-er]
- /ˈkɔrnˌflaʊ ər/
- /ˈkɔːn.flaʊ.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kawrn-flou-er]
- /ˈkɔrnˌflaʊ ər/
Definitions of cornflower word
- variable noun cornflower Cornflowers are small plants with flowers that are usually blue. 3
- noun cornflower a Eurasian herbaceous plant, Centaurea cyanus, with blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, formerly a common weed in cornfields: family Asteraceae (composites) 3
- noun cornflower an annual plant (Centaurea cyanus) of the composite family, with tiny, raylike, white, pink, or blue flowers forming a round head at the top of the stem 3
- noun cornflower Also called bachelor's-button, bluebottle. a European composite plant, Centaurea cyanus, growing in grainfields, having blue to white flower heads, often cultivated as an ornamental. 1
- noun cornflower Also called cornflower blue. a deep, vivid blue. 1
- noun cornflower corn cockle. 1
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Origin of cornflower
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; corn1 + flower
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Cornflower
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cornflower popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
cornflower usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with cornflower
- what is cornflower?
- what color is cornflower?
- how to plant cornflower seeds?
- what colour is cornflower blue?
- what is a cornflower?
- what colour goes with cornflower blue?
- what color is cornflower blue?
- when to plant cornflower seeds?
- what colour is cornflower?
- what is cornflower blue?
- what color goes with cornflower blue?
- how to make cornflower?
- what does cornflower blue look like?
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