| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| boutonniere |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bou·ton·niere |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b  t -nîr , -tn-yâr |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also bou·ton·nière |
| NOUN: | A flower or small bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French boutonnière, from Old French, buttonhole, from bouton, button. See button.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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