cornflower vs starthistle

cornflower

noun
  • A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields). 

  • Cornflower blue. 

  • A plant of the species Cichorium intybus. 

adj
  • Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue. 

starthistle

noun
  • Any of the genus Centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants. 

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