buzz button

An edible flower from the plant paracress (Acmella oleracea).

Noun

  1. An edible flower from the plant paracress (Acmella oleracea).
    • 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...
    • I 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 -...
    • 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 51:

    Synonyms: electric button Szechuan button

Origin

So named for generating a buzzing or electrified sensation in the mouth, due to the presence of spilanthol.

Forms

buzz buttons