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billy buttons

billy buttons noun: especially any of several flowering plants, of the genus Craspedia (but especially Craspedia globosa), native to Australia, having globes of yellow flowers.

billy buttons: especially any of several flowering plants, of the genus Craspedia (but especially Craspedia...
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Noun

billy buttons (uncountable)

  1. especially any of several flowering plants, of the genus Craspedia (but especially Craspedia globosa), native to Australia, having globes of yellow flowers.
  2. Any of several species of the genus Leiocarpa.
  3. The plains plover daisy (Leiocarpa brevicompta, formerly Ixiolaena brevicompta), found in floodplains of Queensland and New South Wales; it is poisonous to sheep.
  4. Any of several species of the genus Pycnosorus, formerly in Craspedia.

Questions about billy buttons

What does billy buttons mean?
Billy buttons means especially any of several flowering plants, of the genus Craspedia (but especially Craspedia globosa), native to Australia, having globes of yellow flowers.
What part of speech is billy buttons?
Billy buttons is a noun.

Words near billy buttons in the dictionary

  1. Billy bollocks
  2. Billy Boy
  3. Billy Boys
  4. Billy Bunter
  5. Billy Bunters
  6. billy buttons
  7. billy can
  8. billy cart
  9. billy carts
  10. billy club
  11. billy clubs

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