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cornflower blue

noun

Definition of CORNFLOWER BLUE

: a moderate purplish blue

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First Known Use of CORNFLOWER BLUE

1907

Rhymes with CORNFLOWER BLUE

Aracaju, cardinal virtue, didgeridoo, downy mildew, easy virtue, hullabaloo, in deep doo-doo, Kalamazoo, merry-andrew, mulligan stew, Ouagadougou, out of the blue, Papandreou, pirarucu, Port du Salut, tu-whit tu-whoo, Vanuatu, Wandering Jew

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