A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
Cornflower blue.
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.
A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
The pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
The dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
The coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
The pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.