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Buttonbush
Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
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noun
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Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
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Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| common buttonbushnoun | Cephalanthus occidentalis |
| stringbushnoun | The plant Varronia cylindrostachya (syn. Cordia cylindrostachya). |
| mexican buttonbushnoun | Cephalanthus 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 mangrovenoun | Synonym of buttonwood (“Conocarpus erectus”). |
| button cactusnoun | Any of the genus Epithelantha of small American cacti with globe-shaped or cylindrical stems. |
| buttonballnoun | (dated) A tree, the buttonwood or American sycamore. |
| pepperbushnoun | Any 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. |
| inkbushnoun | The plant Forestiera eggersiana. |
| scratchbushnoun | Urera 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. |
| squawbushnoun | The shrub Rhus trilobata. |
| mintbushnoun | Any of various bushy evergreen shrubs of the genus Prostanthera, usually with strongly aromatic leaves. |
| beebrushnoun | Any of the genus Aloysia of flowering plants in the verbena family. |
| goldenbushnoun | Synonym of bristleweed. |
| needlebushnoun | The plant Hakea sericea. |
| turkey bushnoun | Any of certain Australian bushes of the genus Calytrix. |
| healthbushnoun | Any of a number of flowering plants of the genus Lobostemon |
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