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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several plants that have buttonlike flowers or flower heads.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (
Centaurea cyanus ) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any one of a number of plants with
daisylike ,button shaped flowers of the genus Centaurea, especially the species Centaurea cyanus. - noun A button which may be attached to clothing without resorting to needle and thread.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
- noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
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