- a European composite plant,Centaurea cyanus, growing in grainfields, having blue to white flower heads, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- a deep, vivid blue.
- corn cockle.
- strawflower (def. 2).
- a Eurasian herbaceous plant, Centaurea cyanus, with blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, formerly a common weed in cornfields: family Asteraceae (composites)
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