cornflower . ( Of the lat. ) cyanus, and this of the g ?(to?, blue). 1. m. plant of the family, with stem erect, shrub, of six to eight decimetres of height, leaves soft and linear, enterísimas, and seated the superiors, and painted the lower flowers large, orbicular, with pajoso receptacle and florets of red or white, and more generally blue course. cornflower Mayor. 1. m. medicinal perennial plant, with woolly stem, the leaves are lanceolate, drained, and the blue flowers with cabezuela esca Meuse. cornflower minor. 1. m. aciano.