false buttonweed

English

Etymology

From resemblance to buttonweed (Diodia).

Noun

false buttonweed (countable and uncountable, plural false buttonweeds)

  1. Any plant of species in genus Spermacoce.

Derived terms

  • winged false buttonweed (Spermacoce alata)
  • woodland false buttonweed (Spermacoce assurgens)
  • baldhead false buttonweed (Spermacoce capitata)
  • river false buttonweed (Spermacoce confusa)
  • bouquet false buttonweed (Spermacoce densiflora)
  • whorled-leaf false buttonweed (Spermacoce eryngioides)
  • Pacific false buttonweed (Spermacoce exilis)
  • Florida false buttonweed (Spermacoce floridana)
  • smooth false buttonweed (Spermacoce glabra)
  • oval-leaf false buttonweed (Spermacoce latifolia)
  • broadleaf false buttonweed (Spermacoce ovalifolia)
  • prostrate false buttonweed (Spermacoce prostrata)
  • West Indian false buttonweed (Spermacoce sintenisii)
  • slender false buttonweed (Spermacoce tenuior)
  • Everglades Key false buttonweed (Spermacoce terminalis)|
  • pineland false buttonweed (Spermacoce tetraquetra)
  • shrubby false buttonweed (Spermacoce verticillata)
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