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bachelor's button

noun

Definition of bachelor's button

: a European composite (Centaurea cyanus) having flower heads with usually blue, pink, or white rays that is often cultivated in North America

— called also cornflower

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Recent Examples on the Web

 Flowers which air dry well include goldenrod, hydrangea, statice, strawflower, celosia, rosebuds, yarrow, globe amaranth, grass plumes, rudbeckia, bachelor's buttons, zinnias and sunflower, to name a few. — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, "How to create festive and free holiday decorations straight from your garden," 4 Nov. 2017

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First Known Use of bachelor's button

1847, in the meaning defined above

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