BACHELOR'S BUTTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bachelor's button mean? 

• BACHELOR'S BUTTON (noun)
  The noun BACHELOR'S BUTTON has 2 senses:

1. an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers

2. tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color

  Familiarity information: BACHELOR'S BUTTON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACHELOR'S BUTTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bachelor's button; bluebottle; Centaurea cyanus; cornflower

Hypernyms ("bachelor's button" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("bachelor's button" is a member of...):

Centaurea; genus Centaurea (knapweed; star thistle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bachelor's button; globe amaranth; Gomphrena globosa

Hypernyms ("bachelor's button" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("bachelor's button" is a member of...):

genus Gomphrena; Gomphrena (genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia)