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Definition of Buttonbush
1. n. A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.
Definition of Buttonbush
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Cephalanthus'' of flowering plants in the madder family. ¹
2. Noun. Any of the genus ''Conocarpus'' of two species of tropical flowering plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buttonbush
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Literary usage of Buttonbush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Features of the Roadside: The Flowers, Shrubs, Birds, and Insects by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1897)
"This shrub grows about four feet high, and is most frequently found on the borders
of swamps and streams. The buttonbush thicket is a favorite haunt of the ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1908)
"Bittersweet is used for its diuretic and diaphoretic properties, and. according to
the dose employed, has a quieting, hypnotic influence. buttonbush ..."
3. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"buttonbush. The bark of Cephalanthus occidentalis, Linné. Nat. Ora. ...
buttonbush bark occurs in market as short, curved pieces of a smooth, grayish-brown ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"The flags grew between the buttonbush hummocks and the shore, tall and spindling,
with remarkably pale flowers. They bloomed late, the water of the pothole ..."
5. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"[Seeds ; layers; twig cuttings.] Fiu. 400. — buttonbush. ... The buttonbush (400)
is a wild American shrub (3-12 feet) growing in wet places and sometimes ..."
6. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom: (based on by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt (1901)
"The head of the buttonbush is naked; but that of the Thistle, of the Dandelion,
and the like, is surrounded by empty bracts, which form an involucre. ..."
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