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buttonbush

noun

Etymology

From button + bush.

  1. derived from *bʰuH-✻ — “to grow”
  2. inherited from *buskaz✻ — “bush, thicket”
  3. inherited from *busk✻
  4. inherited from *busċ✻
  5. inherited from bush
  6. compounded as buttonbush — “button + bush”

Definitions

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

  2. Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA