bachelor's-buttons
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It was almost dusk, and I stopped in the garden a minute to pull the earth closer round some of the bachelor's-buttons that had "popped" the ground some weeks ago.
From The Melting of Molly by Daviess, Maria Thompson
Our bachelor's-buttons are ragged sailors in a neighboring state; they are corn-pinks in Plymouth, ragged ladies in another town, blue bottles in England, but cyanus everywhere.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
We have bachelor's-buttons, lady-slippers, tiger-lilies, flower-de-luce, hollyhocks, and pinks, besides bushes of lilac and matrimony; then we have old cedars clipped into shape, and ever so many little paths and garden-beds edged with box.
From The Old Stone House by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
He sat up, after awhile, looked at the familiar porch, with the potted flowers, and Alix's boxes, where bachelor's-buttons, marguerites, and geraniums had been alternated to make a touch of patriotic colour on July Fourth.
From Sisters by Norris, Kathleen Thompson
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."
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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