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buttonbushes

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but⋅ton⋅bush

[buht-n-boosh]
–noun
a North American shrub, Cephalanthus occidentalis, of the madder family, having globular flower heads.

Origin:
1625–35; button + bush 1
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but·ton·bush   (bŭt'n-bŏŏsh')   
n.  A deciduous North American shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) having opposite leaves and spherical clusters of small white flowers.
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