bachelor's button
noun1
Plural normally Any one of a number of plants with daisy-like, button-shaped flowers of the genus Centaurea, especially the species Centaurea cyanus.
- Jane picked up her hat from the bed. It was a pretty hat, with a wreath of bachelor’s buttons around it.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter IV, page 219:
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Plural normally feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium.
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Plural normally The plant Ranunculus aconitifolius.
4
A button which may be attached to clothing without resorting to needle and thread.
- Synonyms
- cornflower, common cornflower, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle