buttonbush

[buht-n-boosh]

noun

1. a North American shrub, Cephalanthus occidentalis, of the madder family, having globular flower heads.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buttonbush¹

First recorded in 1625–35; button + bush ¹

Example Sentences

Near the house, mounds of wispy sedge, white mistflower, yucca and agave mix with native grasses and perennials, while plantings of switchgrass, buttonbush and Louisiana iris mingle beneath bald cypress trees in the areas around a rehabilitated pond.

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He ultimately wanted to apply his research to building a garden in Mexico and using the buttonbush for wetland restoration.

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For Trujillo, a scholar with ties to Arizona, Michigan, Illinois, New Mexico, California and Indigenous lands in Mexico, the buttonbush’s ability to survive and thrive almost anywhere must have felt familiar.

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Now, it is a larger and maturing display that includes towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry.

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In the heart of the garden, there are towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry.

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