Meanings
plural buzz buttons
- An edible flower from the plant paracress (Acmella oleracea).
Eating a buzz button feels like soda on your tongue, or like Pop Rocks.
2021 November 2, Monica Nelson, Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers, Monacelli Press, →ISBN, page 512 more examples
In culinary terms the flower heads are known as buzz button, Szechuan button and electric button
2018, Abdul Ghani Hussain, Normah Mohd Noor, Khatijah Hussin, Nature’s Medicine: A collection of Medicinal Plants from Malaysia’s Rainforest, Landskap Malaysia, →ISBNI tried my first buzz button (one of the common names for the edible flower buds of Acmella Oleracea) when I was interviewing a gardener who grew the most amazing array of crops for an award-winning local restaurant
2019 May 2, Cinead McTernan, Grow Your Own Botanicals: Deliciously Productive Plants for Homemade Drinks, Remedies and Skincare, Octopus, →ISBN, Electric Daisy (Acmella Oleracea)Synonyms: electric button, Szechuan button
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn edible flower from the plant paracress (Acmella oleracea).
Origin
So named for generating a buzzing or electrified sensation in the mouth, due to the presence of spilanthol.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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