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YELLOW BACHELOR'S BUTTON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow bachelor's button mean?
• YELLOW BACHELOR'S BUTTON (noun)
The noun YELLOW BACHELOR'S BUTTON has 1 sense:
1. bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers
Familiarity information: YELLOW BACHELOR'S BUTTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• YELLOW BACHELOR'S BUTTON (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
candyweed; orange milkwort; Polygala lutea; yellow bachelor's button; yellow milkwort
Hypernyms ("yellow bachelor's button" is a kind of...):
milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)
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