cornflower C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈkɔrnˌflaʊɚ/ UK /ˈkɔːnflaʊə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a blue-flowered plant that grows in cornfields; bachelor's button A ribbon of cornflower blue ran along the edge of the wheat. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a blue-flowered plant that... bluebottlebachelor's buttoncentaury Word family Related forms cornflower Etymology AI details A compound of 'corn' (grain) plus 'flower', so named because the plant grows as a weed among cereal crops. 'Corn' is from Old English 'corn' ('grain'). corn Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Plants & Agriculture Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cornflower **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɔrnˌflaʊɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɔːnflaʊə/ ## Meanings 1. a blue-flowered plant that grows in cornfields; bachelor's button ## Examples - A ribbon of cornflower blue ran along the edge of the wheat. ## Synonyms - bluebottle - bachelor's button - centaury ## Related Forms - corn - flower ## Roots and Affixes - Root: corn ## Etymology A compound of 'corn' (grain) plus 'flower', so named because the plant grows as a weed among cereal crops. 'Corn' is from Old English 'corn' ('grain'). ## AI Etymology Cornflower is a compound of 'corn' (grain) plus 'flower', so named because the plant grows as a weed among cereal crops. 'Corn' is from Old English 'corn' ('grain'). The immediate etymological form is Old English corn. In present use as a noun, it means "a blue-flowered plant that grows in cornfields; bachelor's button", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. As a compound, its meaning is assembled from the two visible parts rather than from an opaque borrowing. Related words include corn and flower. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown