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Noun: buttonwood  'bú-t(u)n,wûd
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
    - American sycamore, American plane, Platanus occidentalis, buttonball

Derived forms: buttonwoods

Type of: plane, plane tree, platan, sycamore [N. Amer]

Part of: genus Platanus, Platanus

Encyclopedia: Buttonwood

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