BRASS BUTTONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brass buttons mean? 

• BRASS BUTTONS (noun)
  The noun BRASS BUTTONS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BRASS BUTTONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRASS BUTTONS (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

brass buttons; Cotula coronopifolia

Hypernyms ("brass buttons" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("brass buttons" is a member of...):

Cotula; genus Cotula (cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many used as ground covers)