bachelor's button

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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

First Known Use of BACHELOR'S BUTTON

1847

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