buttonbush

American  

[buht-n-boosh] / ˈbʌt nˌbʊʃ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of buttonbush

First recorded in 1625–35; button + bush ¹

Example Sentences

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.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021

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.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021

Over the next two years, DWL will plant 10,000 native trees and shrubs across the 80-acre Long Field, including baldcypress, Atlantic white cedar and buttonbush.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2020

In the pond, accumulating silt and the flow of freshwater have helped bring back aquatic vegetation and toughened the floating marshes rich in waving grasses and buttonbush, that teem with white ibis, egrets and herons.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2015

Thirty feet from the edge of the highway, we caught sight of the roof of a dark green van through the tangles of buttonbush along the river’s shore.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith