cornflower
/kawrn-flou-er/US // ˈkɔrnˌflaʊ ər //UK // (ˈkɔːnˌflaʊə) //
矢车菊,矢车菊花,向日葵
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : 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.
- : Also called cornflower blue . a deep, vivid blue.
- : corn cockle.
- : strawflower.
Examples
His eyes—as blue as ice, or cornflowers, or the Earth as viewed by astronauts, and previously alive to everything Madeleine might have done or said—simply close up shop.
With her broad, good-natured face and cornflower blue eyes she was a miniature Gretchen.
Centaurea (Cornflower), all shades of blue; three feet; blooms three months if kept cut.
Sofas covered in cornflower-blue velvet offered you a luxurious repose.
In the back part of the room an easy sofa covered with cornflower blue velvet invited one to rest.
In the farmhouse were only two young girls, the elder a charming golden-haired fairy with tender eyes of cornflower blue.
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