brass buttons

brass buttons
noun
South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental
Hypernyms: ↑flower
Member Holonyms: ↑Cotula, ↑genus Cotula

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noun
: the golden-yellow flower heads of a So. African composite plant (Cotula coronopifolia) naturalized along the coast of California and used as an ornamental

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