boutonniere
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See also: Boutonniere and boutonnière
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French boutonnière.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boutonniere (plural boutonnieres)
- A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket.
- 1991 August 31, Rudy Grillo, “Color Me Gay”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 11:
- The rare white "Heliotrope" whose flower can can be worn as a boutanniere [sic] and whose scent can be discreetly sprinkled on hankerchieves.
Synonyms[edit]
- buttonhole (flower)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
flower worn in buttonhole
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