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buttonbush

The English word “buttonbush” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
  2. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
  3. Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.

Etymology

From button + bush.

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