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bachelor's button en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (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:
  2. (plural-normally) feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium.
  3. (plural-normally) The plant Ranunculus aconitifolius.
  4. A button which may be attached to clothing without resorting to needle and thread.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bachelor's buttons Number=Plur lexicographic
bachelors button alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

boutonniere flower (Centaurea cyanus) · bluebottle (Centaurea cyanus) · cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) · hurtsickle (Centaurea cyanus) · common cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

Translations (5)

fi ruiskukka (Centaurea cyanus) · tr mavikantaron (Centaurea cyanus) · fi ruiskaunokki (Centaurea cyanus) · fi kaunokki (flower of the genus Centaurea) · izh ruiskukka (Centaurea cyanus)