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Meanings of bachelor's button in English

Portuguese

aciano

Catalan

blavet

Spanish

centaurea cyanus

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

aciano

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

Usage of bachelor's button in English

Sometimes called bachelor's button. 
 I Spy 

The little yellow diurnal moth commonly known as "the wanderer" has a partiality for the nectar of the " bachelor's button," as yellow as itself. 
 The Confessions of a Beachcomber 

At least I couldn't find the Bachelor's Button, nor the London Pride, nor the Pansies, and I saw the Lavender-bush on the rubbish-heap. 
 A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an ... 

Translations for bachelor's button