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Tropical vs Buttonbush - What's the difference?

tropical | buttonbush |

As nouns the difference between tropical and buttonbush

is that tropical is a tropical plant while buttonbush is any of the genus of flowering plants in the madder family.

As an adjective tropical

is of or north and 23 degrees south.

tropical

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or north and 23 degrees south.
  • From or similar to a hot climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
  • (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a .
  • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • * South
  • The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.

    Derived terms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tropical plant.
  • buttonbush

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any of the genus of flowering plants in the madder family.
  • # (US) , the common buttonbush
  • #* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 6, author=Anne Raver, title=To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The buttonbush shrub, which has little white flowers, feeds 18 species of butterflies and moths; and blueberry bushes, which support 288 species of moths and butterflies, thrive in big pots on a terrace. }}
  • Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.
  • Hyponyms

    * common buttonbush, Mexican buttonbush