Definition of butter

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Butter (n.) An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning..

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Ney :: Ney (n.) A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc..
Size :: Size (v. i.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book..
Butterwort :: Butterwort (n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone..
Beard :: Beard (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies..
Gunnel :: Gunnel (n.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel..
Butter-scotch :: Butter-scotch (n.) A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter..
Fenestrate :: Fenestrate (a.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies..
Thecla :: Thecla (n.) Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin..
Butterbump :: Butterbump (n.) The European bittern.
Buttery :: Buttery (n.) A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.
Progne :: Progne (n.) An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma..
Prothorax :: Prothorax (n.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.
Creamery :: Creamery (n.) A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market..
Virgin :: Virgin (n.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
Osmaterium :: Osmaterium (n.) One of a pair of scent organs which the larvae of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below..
Shea Tree :: Shea tree () An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree..
Print :: Print (n.) That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter..
Arnotto :: Arnotto (n.) A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc..
Buttercup :: Buttercup (n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare..
Dimorphism :: Dimorphism (n.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly..
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