"false buttonweed" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-false buttonweed.wav Forms: false buttonweeds [plural]
Etymology: From resemblance to buttonweeds (Diodia). Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Diodia|genus}} Diodia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} false buttonweed (countable and uncountable, plural false buttonweeds)
  1. Any plant of species in genus Spermacoce. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-false_buttonweed-en-noun-GppPQF45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Madder family plants Derived forms: baldhead false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce capitata), bouquet false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce densiflora), broadleaf false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce ovalifolia), Everglades Key false buttonweed| (taxonomic: Spermacoce terminalis), Florida false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce floridana), oval-leaf false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce latifolia), Pacific false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce exilis), pineland false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce tetraquetra), prostrate false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce prostrata), river false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce confusa), shrubby false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce verticillata), slender false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce tenuior), smooth false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce glabra), West Indian false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce sintenisii), whorled-leaf false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce eryngioides), winged false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce alata), woodland false buttonweed (taxonomic: Spermacoce assurgens)
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      "word": "West Indian false buttonweed"
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      "word": "whorled-leaf false buttonweed"
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