[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

button \but"ton\, n. oe. boton, botoun, f. bouton button, bud,
   prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. see butt
   an end.
   1. a knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
      1913 webster

   2. a catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten
      together the different parts of dress, by being attached
      to one part, and passing through a slit, called a
      buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament.
      1913 webster

   3. a bud; a germ of a plant. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. a piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated,
      turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a
      door.
      1913 webster

   5. a globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a
      crucible, after fusion.
      1913 webster

   button hook, a hook for catching a button and drawing it
      through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.

   button shell zool., a small, univalve marine shell of the
      genus rotella.

   button snakeroot. bot.
      a the american composite genus liatris, having rounded
          buttonlike heads of flowers.
      b an american umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow
          leaves, and flowers in dense heads.

   button tree bot., a genus of trees conocarpus,
      furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the west
      indies.

   to hold by the button, to detain in conversation to
      weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.
      1913 webster
see also:
butt button hook button shell rotella button snakeroot liatris 
button tree conocarpus to hold by the button 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

button snakeroot
     n 1: coarse prickly perennial eryngo of united states thought to
          cure rattlesnake bite syn: rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's
          master, eryngium yuccifolium
     2: coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots;
        southeastern united states; often confused with
        rattlesnake master syn: eryngium aquaticum
     3: any of various north american plants of the genus liatris
        having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
        syn: blazing star, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot
see also:
rattlesnake master rattlesnake's master eryngium yuccifolium eryngium aquaticum blazing star gayfeather 
gay-feather snakeroot 

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