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but·ton·wood

(bŭt′n-wo͝od′)
n.
1. See sycamore.
2. An evergreen shrub or tree (Conocarpus erectus) of coastal wetlands of tropical America and western Africa, having alternate leathery leaves and small buttonlike heads of greenish flowers.
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buttonwood

(ˈbʌtənˌwʊd) or

button tree

n
1. (Plants) Also called: buttonball a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis. See plane tree
2. (Plants) a small West Indian tree, Conocarpus erectus, with button-like fruits and heavy hard compact wood: family Combretaceae
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but•ton•wood

(ˈbʌt nˌwʊd)

n.
Chiefly Eastern New Eng. sycamore (def. 1).
[1665–75, Amer.]
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Noun 1. [画像:buttonwood - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico]buttonwood - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
genus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore
plane tree, platan, sycamore - any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
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