Boutonniere
a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.
Historical Examples
Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Various
Sixes and Sevens O. Henry
The Heatherford Fortune Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
Candy-Making Revolutionized Mary Elizabeth Hall
The White Moll Frank L. Packard
The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner Charles Dudley Warner
noun
another name for buttonhole (sense 2)
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