buttonbush

buttonbush

English

a buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Etymology

button +‎ bush

Noun

buttonbush (plural buttonbushes)

1. Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
   1. (US) Cephalanthus occidentalis, the common buttonbush
      • 2008 March 6, Anne Raver, “To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs”, in New York Times‎:

        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.

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

Hyponyms

• (Cephalanthus): common buttonbush, Mexican buttonbush

Translations

any Cephalanthus

common buttonbush — see common buttonbush

Further reading

• 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