butterfly shaped (buterflishapt)

In bot., shaped like a butterfly; papilionaceous. butterfly-shell (but'er-fli-shel), n. A shell of the genus Voluta. IMG:content-2813.png:[blocks in formation] butter-tooth (but'er-töth), n. [ tooth ; perhaps with some vague allusion to half-door giving giving entrance e to a buttery. milk - tooth .] A broad front tooth. I know you were one could keep The buttery - hatch still locked, and save the chippings. B. Jonson, Alchemist, 1. 1. I'd had an eye Popt out ere this time, or my two butter -teeth Thrust down my throat. Middle ton , Mas singer , and Rowley , Old Law, iii. 2. butter-tree (but'er-trē), n. A species of Bas- sia , found in Africa, which yields a substance like butter; the shea-tree. See shea . The name is also given to various other trees from the seeds of which solid oils are obtained. See butter1 . butter-trier (but'er-trier), n . A long hollow hand-tool used in sampling butter. butter -tub (but'er-tub), n. A tub used for con- taining butter in quantity.