Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buttonbush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: but-ton-bush
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

American usage

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From button + bush.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

buttonbushes (plural)

Questions

What does buttonbush mean?: Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
Where does buttonbush come from?: From button + bush.

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