noun
1. an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
• Syn: ↑cornflower, ↑bluebottle, ↑Centaurea cyanus
• Hypernyms: ↑flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑Centaurea, ↑genus Centaurea
2. tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
• Syn: ↑globe amaranth, ↑Gomphrena globosa
• Hypernyms: ↑flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gomphrena, ↑genus Gomphrena
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun also bachelor button \\ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ (plural bachelor's buttons also bachelor buttons)1. : any of numerous plants with flowers or flower heads that suggest buttons: as
a. : daisy 1a
b. : orange milkwort
c. : blue-eyed grass
d. : globe amaranth
e. : blue-bottle 1a
2. usually bachelor button : a deep pink that is bluer than average coral (sense 3b) and bluer and duller than fiesta or begonia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.