| 单词 | buttonflower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuttonflower buttonflower n. any of various herbaceous plants having flowers or flower heads which are rounded or globular; (also) a flower or flower head of this kind.rock button-flower: see the first element. ΚΠ 1664 F. Gouldman Copious Dict. i. at Herb Batchelors button, or button flower, Polyanthemon. ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 69 Willow-leaved Luzone Button Flower... Grows about a Yard and an half high;..come whitish Flowers out of round green Heads. 1732 tr. J. Nieuhof in Coll. Voy. & Trav. (new ed.) II. 286/1 The flower called by the Malayans, Borago Soesan, by the Javanese, Bunbang Ungo, and Licuhoa by the Chinese; the Portuguese call Fule de Botano, i.e. the Button Flower, from its resemblance to a button. 1809 J. Donn Hortus Cantabrigiensis (ed. 5) 103 Gomphia, Button-flower. 1860 Morning Chron. 4 July 5/2 In their hands they carried bouquets of that well known little yellow button-flower called the Immortelle. 1921 Bull. Mississippi State Geol. Surv. No. 17 258 Diodia teres... Purple Button Flower. 1979 Country Life 8 Mar. 629/1 Its grey-green leaves and cream button flowers are admirable together. 2005 M. Harrison Southern Gardening 81 Buttonflower is effective as a ground cover, edging, or cascading down a wall or planter. < as lemmas |
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