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Brass buttons are common plants that occupy a specialized ecological niche. They prefer muddy, anoxic wetlands and brackish water. They are very salt-tolerant. The plant has fat, fleshy leaves that store water during times of saline inundation. The reddish stems and green, blade-shaped leaves are coated with a shiny cuticle to retain moisture.
brass [15] pot metal sterling silver steel [16] whiteware ceramics: earthenware [17] ... Button, button : identification and price guide. Atglen, PA: Schiffer. p. 167.
Brass buttons may refer to: A Yorkshire idiom, meaning someone has no money, i.e. "And pay with what? Brass buttons"? Cotula coronopifolia, a small marsh flower; A Brass Button, a 1911 American film; Brass Buttons, a 1919 American comedy film directed by Henry King "Brass Buttons", a song by Gram Parsons from the album Grievous Angel
Initially, these buttons were predominantly made of brass (though horn and rubber buttons with stamped or moulded designs also exist) and had loop shanks. Around 1860 the badge or pin-back style of construction, which replaced the shanks with long pins, probably for use on lapels and ties, began to appear. [49]
Known as "brass buttons" for its yellow button-like flowers, it grows to about 5 cm (2 in) tall, spreading indefinitely via rhizomes. [2] A cultivar with almost black foliage, L. squalida 'Platt's Black', is grown as an ornamental plant, particularly in rock gardens and in flowering lawns. [2]
Chromatic button accordion; Diatonic button accordion; Free bass accordion; ... brass instruments: trumpet Animal vocalization: aerophones: sounds/vocal techniques:
The most satisfying phase of button collecting, however, will be the study which each button affords as to material or identification of subject or design. It entails the perusing of volume after volume of history and art and costuming; dating a button by shank or material; researching for characteristics of buttons of various countries; and ...
The two halves of a riveted leather snap fastener. The top half has a groove which "snaps" in place when "pressed" into the bottom half. A snap fastener, also called snap button, press button, [1] press stud, [1] press fastener, dome fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button), is a pair of interlocking discs, made out of a metal or plastic, commonly used in place of traditional buttons ...