单词 | bachelors-button |
释义 | bachelor's button in American English any of several plants of a genus (Centaurea) of the composite family, that have scaly, vase-shaped bracts below the white, pink, or blue flowers; esp., the cornflower and knapweed bachelor's-button in American English (ˈbætʃələrzˌbʌtn, ˈbætʃlərz-) noun any of various plants with round flower heads, esp. the cornflower Word origin [1570–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1570–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: balloon, repeater, skeleton, snag, splitDefinition of 'bachelor's button' |
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