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Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0
บานไม่รู้โรย[bānmairūrōi] (n) EN: Globe amaranth ; Pearly everlasting ; Bachelor's button ; Button agaga  FR: immortelle [ f ]

WordNet (3.0)
cornflower(n) an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers, Syn. Centaurea cyanus, bluebottle, bachelor's button
globe amaranth(n) tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color, Syn. Gomphrena globosa, bachelor's button
orange milkwort(n) bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers, Syn. yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwort, candyweed, Polygala lutea

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Bachelor's button

(Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena). [ 1913 Webster ]

Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers “from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons, anciently worne in this kingdom, ” according to Johnson's Gerarde, p. 472 (1633); but by other writers ascribed to “a habit of country fellows to carry them in their pockets to divine their success with their sweethearts.” Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

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