A boutonniere worn with a tuxedo.

A boutonnière is a flower or floral decoration worn by men. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also It is typically a single flower or bud. Traditionally, a boutonnière was worn pushed through the buttonhole of a jacket, but in modern times is often pinned onto a jacket lapel. The word comes from the French "boutonnière", from bouton which means "button". French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people In Clothing and Fashion design, a button is a small plastic or metal disc- or knob-shaped typically round object usually attached to an article of Clothing ^[1] The British English term for this, "buttonhole," shows a literal translation of the original French. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the

While worn frequently in the past, boutonnières are now usually reserved for special occasions for which a dinner suit is standard, such as at proms, homecomings, funerals , and weddings. Black tie is a dress code for semi-formal evening events and is worn to many types of social functions Homecoming, welcoming back of former residents and alumni is a tradition in many universities, Colleges and High schools in North America A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember A wedding is the Ceremony in which two people are united in Marriage. (Women who wear jackets on these occasions also often may wear 'buttonholes', but more typically a woman would wear a corsage. )

It is an American prom custom for the female to purchase the boutonniere for her male date and for it to match her dress and corsage. A bridegroom will almost always wear a boutonnière on his left lapel. Participants in wedding ceremonies, also known as the wedding party, include the bride and groom (or bridegroom) the maid of honor

It is a British practice to place, after a wedding, the flowers from a buttonhole (together perhaps with other wedding flowers), on the grave of a recently deceased member of one of the families concerned.

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