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Butterwort
- noun - any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
Buttonbush
- - A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.
Buttonhole
- noun - a hole through which buttons are pushed
- detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Buttonhook
- noun - a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
Buttonlike
- adjective - small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes"
Buttonmold
- - A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth.
Buttonweed
- - The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.
Buttonwood
- noun - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
Buttressed
- verb - held up by braces or buttresses
- make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
- reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"