buttonbush
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editbuttonbush (plural buttonbushes)
- Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
- (US) Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- 2008 March 6, Anne Raver, “To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
- (US) Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.
Hyponyms
edit- (Cephalanthus): common buttonbush, Mexican buttonbush
Translations
editany Cephalanthus
common buttonbush — see common buttonbush
Further reading
edit- Cephalanthus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Conocarpus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cephalanthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Conocarpus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- buttonbush at USDA Plants database as Cephalanthus
- buttonbush at USDA Plants database as Conocarpus