buttonwood, noun

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Etymology unknown.
The kruisbessie (sense b), Grewia occidentalis.
1970 M.R. Levyns in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. II. 633Buttonwood, Kruisbessie...Common throughout South Africa in places that are not particularly dry.
1987 [see cross-berry].
The kruisbessie (sense b), Grewia occidentalis.
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