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Found 2 hits - Term: button tree, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[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 tree
     n : evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and
         yielding heavy hard compact wood syn: button mangrove,
          conocarpus erectus
see also:
button mangrove conocarpus erectus 

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Bo Tree >> B Words
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Cherry Tree >> C Words
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Chaste Tree >> C Words
Chaste Tree, definition of term: Chaste Tree
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Big Tree >> B Words
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Bean Tree >> B Words
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Apricot Tree >> A Words
Apricot Tree, definition of term: Apricot Tree
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Apple Tree >> A Words
Apple Tree, definition of term: Apple Tree
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