单词 | bachelor's button |
释义 | bachelor's button (once / 369354 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY bachelor's button USAGE EXAMPLES"Wouldn't you just as soon be a bachelor's button as a sunflower?" Greene, Sarah P. McLean, Vesty of the Basins(2010) Centaurea or cornflower, the bachelor's button or ragged sailor of old gardens, is in the front rank of the worthies. Wright, Mabel Osgood, The Garden, You, and I(2010) Here were immemorial wallflowers, stocks and marigolds, tall hollyhock, gay poppy, brilliant bachelor's button; also, half hid amongst the grass, pansy and forget-me-not. Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), The Purple Land(2010) 1 n an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers 2Syn|Hyper Centaurea cyanus, bluebottle, cornflower flower a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms n tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color Syn|Hyper Gomphrena globosa, globe amaranth flower a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
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