button : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
  cornflower; Centaurea cyanus; bluebottle.
  
• noun tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
  globe amaranth; Gomphrena globosa.
  

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Bach"e*lor's but"ton

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1. , (Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena). ✍ Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers "from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons, anciently worne in this kingdom", according to Johnson's Gerarde, p.472 (1633); but by other writers ascribed to "a habit of country fellows to carry them in their pockets to divine their success with their sweethearts." Dr. Prior.

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• noun a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
  omphalos; navel; omphalus; bellybutton; umbilicus.
  
  • you were not supposed to show your navel on television
  • they argued whether or not Adam had a navel
  • she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
  

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• noun South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental
  Cotula coronopifolia.
  

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• noun fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
  Pellaea rotundifolia.
  
• noun Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
  Tectaria cicutaria.
  

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• noun a hole through which buttons are pushed
  buttonhole.
  

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• a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.

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• noun evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood
  button mangrove; Conocarpus erectus.
  

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• noun much-branched pink with flowers in clusters; closely related to sweet William
  Dianthus latifolius.
  

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• noun small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
  button quail; bustard quail; hemipode.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small, univalve marine shell of the genus Rotella.

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• noun coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
  rattlesnake's master; Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake master.
  
• noun coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master
  Eryngium aquaticum.
  
• noun any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
  blazing star; snakeroot; gayfeather; gay-feather.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads.

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• noun evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood
  button mangrove; Conocarpus erectus.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus of trees (Conocarpus), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies.

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• verb refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
  shut up; close up; belt up; clam up; be quiet; dummy up; keep mum.
  
  • The children shut up when their father approached

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• adjective satellite unimaginatively conventional
  button-down; conservative.
  
  • a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
• adjective satellite of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons
  
  • Brooks Brothers button-down shirts

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• noun small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
  button quail; bustard quail; hemipode.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a button
  
  • button-shaped white flowers

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• adjective satellite unimaginatively conventional
  button-down; conservative.
  
  • a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

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• adjective satellite (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
  
• adjective satellite conservative in professional manner
  
  • employers are looking for buttoned-up types

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• noun a button on a coat
  

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• noun common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
  scented fern; tansy; Tanacetum vulgare.
  

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• noun a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile
  

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• noun an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions
  gut issue.
  

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• noun fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
  Tectaria macrodonta.
  

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• noun the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
  sacred mushroom; magic mushroom.
  

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• noun a push button on the mouse
  

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• adjective satellite being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion
  on the nose.
  
  • his guess was on the nose
  • the prediction for snow was right on the button
• adverb just as it should be
  on the nose; on the dot; exactly; precisely.
  
  • `Precisely, my lord,' he said

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• noun a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency
  
  • the circuit is operated by a panic button
  • when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button

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• noun an electrical switch operated by pressing
  push; button.
  
  • the elevator was operated by push buttons
  • the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk

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• noun a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons
  

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• . (Bot.) See Nux vomica.

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• noun a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism
  

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• . (a) A button made of shell . (b) A hollow button made of two pieces, as of metal, one for the front and the other for the back, often covered with cloth, silk, etc.

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• noun a button on a shirt
  

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• a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff.

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• noun a variety of button quail having stripes
  Turnix sylvatica.
  

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• to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.

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• noun bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers
  Polygala lutea; candyweed; yellow milkwort; orange milkwort.
  

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