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Cornflower vs Horseweed - What's the difference?

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Cornflower is a synonym of horseweed.


As nouns the difference between cornflower and horseweed

is that cornflower is a small annual species of aster, centaurea cyanus , usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in european cornfields (ie wheatfields) while horseweed is any of various flowering plants of the genus conyza .

As an adjective cornflower

is of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower.

cornflower

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small annual species of aster, Centaurea cyanus , usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
  • A plant of the species Cichorium intybus .
  • Cornflower blue.

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    External links

    * ("cornflower" on Wikipedia) * (Centaurea cyanus) * *

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower.

    • Derived terms

    * cornflower blue

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    horseweed

    English

    (wikipedia horseweed) (Conyza)

    Noun

  • Any of various flowering plants of the genus Conyza .
  • A plant of the species Cichorium intybus

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