Canadian English Meaning of buttonwood

American Sycamore

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Definitions and Meaning of buttonwood in English

Wordnet

buttonwood (n)

very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico

Webster

buttonwood (n.)

The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.

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American Sycamore

very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to MexicoThe Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough b

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