button n Cp OED ~ sb 4 for sense 1.
   1 Wooden device to fasten the door of a lobster trap.
   T 246/7-66 You'd unbutton your button, swing your door down, put your hand in an' pick your lobster out. T 250-66 That'd be the button there; you'd turn that crossways and it [would] come down over the other lat'.
   2 Comb button berry: squashberry, from its large flat seed (Viburnum edule); also attrib.
   P 84-71 Squashberries are called button berries. P 212-74 Button berry jam [is] made from squashberries.

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