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false buttonweed

false buttonweed noun: any plant of species in genus Spermacoce.

Noun

false buttonweed (countable and uncountable, plural false buttonweeds)

  1. Any plant of species in genus Spermacoce.

Forms of false buttonweed

pluralfalse buttonweeds

Origin of false buttonweed

From resemblance to buttonweeds (Diodia).

Words formed from false buttonweed

  • baldhead false buttonweed
  • bouquet false buttonweed
  • broadleaf false buttonweed
  • Everglades Key false buttonweed|
  • Florida false buttonweed
  • oval-leaf false buttonweed
  • Pacific false buttonweed
  • pineland false buttonweed
  • prostrate false buttonweed
  • river false buttonweed
  • shrubby false buttonweed
  • slender false buttonweed
  • smooth false buttonweed
  • West Indian false buttonweed
  • whorled-leaf false buttonweed
  • winged false buttonweed
  • woodland false buttonweed

Questions about false buttonweed

What does false buttonweed mean?
False buttonweed means any plant of species in genus Spermacoce.
What part of speech is false buttonweed?
False buttonweed is a noun.
What is the plural of false buttonweed?
The plural of false buttonweed is false buttonweeds.

Words near false buttonweed in the dictionary

  1. false blue indigos
  2. false borrowing
  3. false borrowings
  4. false bottom
  5. false bottoms
  6. false buttonweed
  7. false cause
  8. false ceiling
  9. false chanterelle
  10. false chanterelles
  11. false cirrus

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