bachelor's-buttons

noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) any of various plants of the daisy family with button-like flower heads

Example Sentences

It has become quite plentiful among us in the last few years, and whole fields may often be seen covered with its lovely bright-blue blossoms, which are known as "ragged sailors," and "wild bachelor's-buttons."

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Bachelor’s-buttons and love-lies-bleeding and Jacob’s-ladder and touch-me-nots and daffy-down-dillies and phlox and sweet-williams and love-in-a-mist and four-o’clocks—not a blessed hot-house name among ’em, Chum!

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Ah, me! when I think of the handfuls of little gold coins a-mass My bachelor's-buttons scattered over the garden grass, And the marigolds that boasted their bits of burning brass; More bitter I feel the autumn tighten 'round spirit and heart; And regret the days remembered as lost—that stand apart, A chapter holy and sacred, I read with eyes that smart.

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Oh, dear when I think of the handfuls Of little gold coin a-mass, My bachelor's-buttons scatter Over the garden grass; Of the marigold that boasts its One bit of burning brass; More bitter I feel the winter Tighten to spirit and heart; And dream of the days remembered As lost—of the past a part; Of the ways we went, all blotted, Tear-blotted on love's chart.

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Rick dropped his handkerchief on a clump of bachelor's-buttons for a marker, then he and Scotty walked in ever-widening circles, scanning the ground for any trace of the ghosts.

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