golden buttons

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golden buttons - common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally

Tanacetum vulgare, tansy, scented fern

composite plant, composite - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum - a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum

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He no longer footed it in the great world in rust black and tarnished gold, but in blue silk breeches, and coat with silken linings and golden buttons. He dined with great people; he strutted in innocent vanity, delighted to shine in the world, to see and be seen, although in Johnson's company he could never really shine.

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Bold colours on the exaggerated print turn more flamboyant with golden buttons on the front panels of the long shirt dress.

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The navy-blue cover-up features a set of golden buttons. Markle's inability to help the Victoria Beckham brand immediately made headlines because it was a far cry from what she was able to do months earlier.

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The room was packed with every variety of American living abroad, from the frumpy to the older gentlemen in blue blazers with golden buttons. On Monday evening, The New York Times columnist Pamela Druckerman was speaking on one of the final stops of the publication tour of her new memoir, There Are No Grown Ups: A Midlife Coming Of Age Story, which promised to expose the French secrets of aging gracefully and living well to mere mortals.