单词 | buttonbush |
释义 | > as lemmasbuttonbush buttonbush n. North American a wetland shrub or small tree native to eastern North America, Cephalanthus occidentalis (family Rubiaceae), which has globular heads of whitish flowers.Also called button tree, snowball. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1754 J. Eliot Contin. Ess. Field-husbandry in New-Eng.: Fifth Pt. 41 There was not the same Success attending the cutting these Button Bushes as the other sorts. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms ix. 413 The Button-bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) has its name from the resemblance of its globular catkins of flowers to round buttons. 1946 Auk 63 442 A marsh of cattail and bulrushes with a few scattered buttonbushes. 2017 Thorold Niagara (Ont.) News (Nexis) 23 Feb. a6 Sweet gum, sycamore and buttonbush provide seed for finches. < as lemmas |
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