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buttonbush en · NOUN

Etymology

From button + bush.

Meanings

  1. Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
  2. (US) Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family. ▸ Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
    • The buttonbush shrub, which has little white flowers, feeds 18 species of butterflies and moths; and blueberry bushes, which support 288 species of moths and butterflies, thrive in big pots on a terrace. 2008 March 6, Anne Raver, “To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs”, in New York Times:
  3. Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.

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Hyponyms

common buttonbush (Cephalanthus) · Mexican buttonbush (Cephalanthus)