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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 Zealandplay

  Familiarity information: BILLY BUTTONS used as a noun is very rare.


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BILLY BUTTONS (noun)


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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