bachelor's-buttons
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In summer the front yard was filled with flowers, hollyhocks, bachelor's-buttons, sweet-william, and a dozen other varieties of blooms.
From The Uncalled A Novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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 Kathleen Thompson Norris
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 Mary Elizabeth Parsons
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.
From The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
T'want only yisterday Squire Mullins'es cow hed to eat up the top of my pennyroyal geranium and trod down my eardrops and lady-slippers, and now they ain't anything left but bachelor's-buttons that's worth looking at.
From The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories by Various
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