Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle or cyani flower, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also used for chicory, and a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C. cyanus from these it is sometimes called common cornflower. It may also be referred to as basketflower, though the term also refers to the Plectocephalus group of Centaurea, which is probably a distinct genus.
It is an annual plant growing to 16-35 inches tall, with grey-green branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, 1–4 cm long. The flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour, produced in flowerheads (capitula) 1.5–3 cm diameter, with a ring of a few large, spreading ray florets surrounding a central cluster of disc florets. The blue pigment is protocyanin, which in roses is red.
In the past it often grew as a weed in cornfields (in the broad sense of the word "corn", referring to grains, such as wheat, barley, rye, or oats), hence its name. It is now endangered in its native habitat by agricultural intensification, particularly over-use of herbicides, destroying its habitat; in the United Kingdom it has declined from 264 sites to just 3 sites in the last 50 years. In reaction to this, the conservation charity Plantlife named it as one of 101 species it would actively work to bring 'Back from the Brink'. It is also, however, through introduction as an ornamental plant in gardens and a seed contaminant in crop seeds, now naturalised in many other parts of the world, including North America and parts of Australia.
Cornflower blue, is a shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green compared to blue. This hue was one of the favorites of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, his other most-noted favorite being yellow.
The most valuable blue sapphires are called cornflower blue, having a medium-dark violet-blue tone.
Computer monitors may not always be depended upon for true representation of a color.
Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower. This was also called Boyle's Blue and Cyan Blue. This dye color however, was not widely commercialized.
Cornflower blue is a defined color in the X Window (X11) color scheme. As such, it is a color available as a named color for webpages.
Cornflower blue is a Crayola color. It was originally introduced in 1949, in the box of 48 crayons.
Cornflower blue is the default clear color used in the XNA framework.
Chuck Palahniuk mentions the color at least once in every one of his novels.
This article is about the characters in Brian Jacques' fantasy series Redwall.
This is a list of the Abbey Warriors from the books The Legend of Luke to Eulalia!.
Martin I is an anthropomorphic mouse, appearing in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
Known as "Martin the Warrior" throughout the Redwall series, Martin, a woodland mouse, is the son of Luke the Warrior and his mate Sayna. Luke is the kindly leader of an idyllic tribe of mice. Their settlement is sacked by a wicked stoat pirate named Vilu Daskar, and Sayna is killed. Luke vows revenge against the corsair captain and sets out after him, refusing Martin's wishes to join him, but leaving his sword in his son's possession. Sometime later, Martin is captured by another tyrannical stoat called Badrang and becomes one of his horde of slaves. The young mouse is rebellious and insolent, however, and after spending some time as a slave, he manages to escape his captors. The son of Luke strikes out into the wilderness to rally help from other woodland creatures to come back with him to help liberate the rest of the slaves. He meets Laterose of Noonvale (normally called Rose), a mousemaiden with whom he develops a romantic relationship. She saves him from death numerous times, and shows that she is as much of a warrior as Martin. In the eventual assault on Badrang's fort, called Marshank, many of Martin's companions perish, including Rose, who is killed when Badrang throws her against a wall (in the TV series she dies when Badrang stabs her). However, Marshank is ultimately taken and Badrang slain by Martin himself, who reclaims his father's sword from the tyrant. The young mouse is devastated by the deaths of his friends, especially Rose, and he never takes on another love interest.
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Hola Bonjour
Ca va he
Como tu estas
Que vengo
Que vengo
Comme si comme ça
He Vacilando...
Arrrr... iba!
Muy diferente
Es el concepto
Que ahora mismito
Yo le traigo
Bien caliente
Aqui a mi gente
Bum bum bum
Bumbata
Bum bum bum
Bumbata
Llegamos ha ha
Bien relajao
Con este estilo
Bien riquito de nosotros los cubanos
Oye te lo repito
Con este estilo
Bien riquito de nosotros los cubanos
(Refrain)
Carnavalera
Baila pa'olvidar tus penas
Con mi trompeta...
Carnavalera
Baila pa'olvidar tus penas
Con mi trompeta
Rompe el cuero mama
Y esto esta empezando
Y es pa todos mis consortes
Que me estan escuchando
Get that funky rhythm
And the rap cubano
Oh yeah
Correcto exacto te voy a matar
Con mi rumba house
Aplastante hot
Caliente baby
Que te coge la corriente 220
La ola
El power de mi gente
Que te entra de frente
Baila con mi cutara por aqui por alla (x4)
(Au Refrain)
Cutara cutarita cutaron
Cuchara cucharita cucharon
Marica mariquita maricomo
Por aqui por alla
(X2)
Y como le gusta la piña a la tias
A las tias le gusta la piña pela'
Como le gusta la piña a las tias
A las tias le gusta la piña pela'
Come le gusta uepa
Come le gusta
Pa'alente y pa'tras
Como le gusta la piña a las tias
Alas tias le gusta la piña pela'
(Au Refrain)
Carnavalera
Con mi trompeta