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Webster 1913 Edition


Buttonweed

But′ton-weedˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
The name of several plants of the genera
Spermacoce
and
Diodia
, of the Madder family.

Definition 2024


buttonweed

buttonweed

English

Noun

buttonweed (plural buttonweeds)

  1. Any of several plants of the genera Diodia and Diodella, of the madder family.
  2. Spermacoce, false buttonweeds.
  3. Arbutilon theophrasti, velvetleaf