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Buttonbush

Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.

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  1. 1

    Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.

  2. 2

    Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.

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common buttonbushnounCephalanthus occidentalis
stringbushnounThe plant Varronia cylindrostachya (syn. Cordia cylindrostachya).
mexican buttonbushnounCephalanthus salicifolius
spicebushnoun(US) A common spicebush (Lindera benzoin), whose leaves have a distinctive strong citrusy aroma.
river-bushnoun(archaic) Buttonbush, a flowering plant of species Cephalanthus occidentalis.
button mangrovenounSynonym of buttonwood (“Conocarpus erectus”).
button cactusnounAny of the genus Epithelantha of small American cacti with globe-shaped or cylindrical stems.
buttonballnoun(dated) A tree, the buttonwood or American sycamore.
pepperbushnounAny shrub of the genus Clethra.
buttonwillownoun(US) A shrub with round flower heads found near water in California, the Eastern US, and Central America, Cephalanthus occidentalis.
inkbushnounThe plant Forestiera eggersiana.
scratchbushnounUrera baccifera, a tropical American bush.
burning bushnoun(Judaism, Christianity) A biblical object described in Exodus 3:1-22, used by Yahweh to communicate with Moses.
squawbushnounThe shrub Rhus trilobata.
mintbushnounAny of various bushy evergreen shrubs of the genus Prostanthera, usually with strongly aromatic leaves.
beebrushnounAny of the genus Aloysia of flowering plants in the verbena family.
goldenbushnounSynonym of bristleweed.
needlebushnounThe plant Hakea sericea.
turkey bushnounAny of certain Australian bushes of the genus Calytrix.
healthbushnounAny of a number of flowering plants of the genus Lobostemon

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