botonée

[ bot-n-ey, bot-n-ey ]

adjectiveHeraldry.
  1. (of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil: cross botonée.

Origin of botonée

1
1565–75; <Middle French: covered with buds, equivalent to boton bud, button + -ée;see -ee
  • Also bot·on·née, bot·o·ny, bot·on·ny [bot-n-ee]. /ˈbɒt n i/.

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