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boutonniere

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bou⋅ton⋅niere

[boot-n-eer, boo-tuhn-yair]
–noun
a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.

Origin:
1875–80; < F boutonnière buttonhole (bouton button + -ière suffix for things that facilitate the use of that denoted by the stem < L -āria -ary
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bou·ton·niere also bou·ton·nière   (bōō'tə-nîr', -tən-yâr')   
n.  A flower or small bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole.

[French boutonnière, from Old French, buttonhole, from bouton, button; see button.]
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