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Meanings of bachelor's button in English

Portuguese
aciano
Catalan
blavet
Spanish
centaurea cyanus
Wikidata

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

        aciano
        Wikidata

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

              Synonyms
              Examples for "cornflower"
              Examples for "cornflower"
              1
              Red hair, spilling past her waist, delicate skin and a cornflower-blue dress.
              Immortal wolf
              2
              The khaki of the British mingled with the cornflower blue of the French.
              Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive
              3
              The chintz had a cornflower design that repeated all these colors.
              The House in Good Taste
              4
              He ducked his head round the door and his cornflower-blue gaze caught hers.
              Dating the rebel tycoon
              5
              Blond hair, fair skin, a pert nose, and cornflower blue eyes.
              Blood rites
              1
              The bluebottle comes to my apparatus, guided by scent rather than sight.
              The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
              2
              The larvae of the bluebottle hatch within two days in the warm weather.
              The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
              3
              Great swarms of bluebottle flies buzzed lazily in the warm sunshine.
              Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
              4
              I next place in the cage a bluebottle, one only, to avoid confusion.
              The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
              5
              Not even the presence of his bishop could make him spare a bluebottle.
              Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
              1
              So instead of puny spring-sown cornflowers ( Centaurea cyanus) forced to hurtle swiftly into summer bloom, you get large robust plants as high as your chest.
              The Irish Times
              Usage of bachelor's button in English
              1
              Sometimes called bachelor's button.
              I Spy
              2
              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
              3
              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
              Catalan
              blavet