button snakeroot

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noun

any composite plant of the genus Liatris, having narrow, alternate leaves and spikelike heads of rose-purple flowers.

an eryngo, Eryngium yuccifolium, of the southeastern U.S., having bristly leaves and whitish flowers.

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Origin of button snakeroot

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In a hot-button cover story interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence explained it best.
Butts, Brawls, and Bill Cosby: The Biggest Celebrity Scandals of 2014 |Kevin Fallon|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is a disconnect, which allows for some distance between his actions and your button presses.
I Felt Like Showering After the First-Person Sex in ‘Grand Theft Auto’|Alec Kubas-Meyer|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I pressed the dime-sized rubber button on my vest, which was linked to my radio.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"I verily believe they're gone to look at my button," cried Davy, beginning to laugh, in spite of his fears.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Button Gwinnett, one of the signers, died of a wound received in a duel.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
They are brown, ovoid in shape, about 50 long, and have a button-like projection at each end (Fig. 101).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This is then suspended from a button on the trousers so that the bottle rests against the skin of the inguinal region.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
As soon as the door had closed, Jack Carlson bounded back to his desk, touched a button on an inter-office communications box.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various