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Bachelor's button
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What's The Definition Of Bachelor's button?
[n] tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
[n] an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers Synonyms | Synonyms for Bachelor's button: bluebottle | Centaurea cyanus | cornflower | globe amaranth | Gomphrena globosa Related Terms | Find terms related to Bachelor's button: See Also | Centaurea | flower | genus Centaurea | genus Gomphrena | Gomphrena Bachelor's button In Webster's Dictionary \Bach"e*lor's but"ton\, (Bot.)
A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several
species of {Ranunculus}, and the cornflower ({Centaures
cyanus}) and globe amaranth ({Gomphrena}).
Note: Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers
``from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons,
anciently worne in this kingdom'', according to
Johnson's --Gerarde, p. 472 (1633); but by other
writers ascribed to ``a habit of country fellows to
carry them in their pockets to divine their success
with their sweethearts.'' --Dr. Prior.
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