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alligator button

noun

Definition of alligator button

1 : water chinquapin
2 : the flower or fruit of the water chinquapin

First Known Use of alligator button

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for alligator button

so called from the appearance of the seeds and its growth in the habitat of alligators

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