Crossword-Solution: CORNFLOWER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cornflower | n. | A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “CORNFLOWER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| *Plant also known as bachelor's button | 1 answer |
| A slender plant of the daisy family with deep blue flowers | 1 answer |
| CENTAUREA | 1 answer |
| Common composite bloom | 1 answer |
| FLOWER meaning quarrel | 1 answer |
| Hokey Bloomer? | 1 answer |
| Scented foot-growth? | 1 answer |
| Ornamental plant | 33 answers |
| Plant | 98 answers |
| Blue | 123 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CORNFLOWER (5)
One hour! I showed her everything from the imported Limoges bowls to the Sevres cups and saucers, and all she bought was that miserable little bonbon dish with the cornflower pattern.
Would he not betray himself an alien cynic who should otherwise portray Main Street, or distress the citizens by speculating whether there may not be other faiths? CHAPTER I I ON a hill by the Mississippi where Chippewas camped two generations ago, a girl stood in relief against the cornflower blue of Northern sky.
You smell the masses of the colza in blossom, you see the yellow carpets of ripe corn spotted here and there by the blue coronets of the cornflower, and rapt by the red blaze of the poppy beds and bathed in the fresh greenery of the landscape, you share in the emotions felt by the happy party in the country cart.
Her hair was of the colour of the young tassels of the corn and coiled in a regal crown above her broad, white brows; her wide eyes were of grey that could change to a cornflower blue and in anger deepen to purple; grey or blue, they had little laughing devils within them, but when the storm of anger darkened them--they were not laughing, no! The silken webs that half covered, half revealed her did not hide the ivory whiteness of her flesh nor the sweet curve of shoulders and breasts.
SONG AUTUMN WHEN nuts behind the hazel-leaf Are brown as the squirrel that hunts them free, And the fields are rich with the sun-burnt sheaf, ’Mid the blue cornflower and the yellowing tree; And the farmer glows and beams in his glee; O then is the season to wed thee a bride! Ere the garners are filled and the ale-cups foam; For a smiling hostess is the pride And flower of every Harvest Home.
Quotes with CORNFLOWER (3)
They flew high above savanna grassland. The sky was the deep cornflower blue of a sunny late afternoon on Earth…exactly the color of a sunny late afternoon on Earth. Only there was no sun. Whatever was lighting this planet, it wasn’t a star.
Elijah blinked in dazzling sunlight and took a deep breath. The sweet-pepper scent of meadow grass told him immediately where he was. Winded, he skidded to a halt as the portal spat him out. Above him stretched skies of cornflower blue, dotted with threadbare white clouds sailing over like cotton galleons on the summer breeze.
Soon they were all sitting on the rocky ledge, which was still warm, watching the sun go down into the lake. It was the most beautiful evening, with the lake as blue as a cornflower and the sky flecked with rosy clouds. They held their hard-boiled eggs in one hand and a piece of bread and butter in the other, munching happily. There was a dish of salt for everyone to dip their eggs into.‘I don’t know why, but the meals we have on picnics always taste so much nicer than the on…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1985–2008).