SINCE 1828
Barbara's buttons
noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Bar·ba·ra's buttons
| \ ˈbärb(ə)rəz-\
Definition of Barbara's buttons
: a plant of the genus Marshallia (family Compositae)
especially
: a low-growing perennial herb (M. trinervia) sometimes cultivated and having purplish flowers in globose heads
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