Definition of "boutonnière" []

• A flower or small bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole. (noun)

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• ""She always checked that I wore what she called a boutonniere, and that I had ash on my forehead on Ash Wednesday.""
• "Suddenly, benign words like "boutonniere" and "function hall" have the power to bring Andy to his knees but not, unfortunately, in the proposal position."
• "Many colleges and universities of America consider music as a kind of boutonniere ...."