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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 flowersplay

  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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