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BILLY BUTTONS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does billy buttons mean?
• BILLY BUTTONS (noun)
The noun BILLY BUTTONS has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
Familiarity information: BILLY BUTTONS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("billy buttons" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("billy buttons" is a member of...):
Craspedia; genus Craspedia (herbs of Australia and New Zealand)
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