SINCE 1828
buta-buta
noun
bu·ta-bu·ta
| \ ¦bütə¦bütə\
plural -s
Definition of buta-buta
: a tree (Excoecaria agallocha) of the family Euphorbiaceae that is native along the coastal regions in southern Asia and has a poisonous milky juice and flowers in axillary spikes
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