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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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Noun1.buttonwood - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexicobuttonwood - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
American plane, American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis
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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In one direction from my house there was a colony of muskrats in the river meadows; under the grove of elms and buttonwoods in the other horizon was a village of busy men, as curious to me as if they had been prairie-dogs, each sitting at the mouth of its burrow, or running over to a neighbor's to gossip.
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Vanvleck, 57, of 18 Buttonwood Place, Lunenburg, was sentenced to 21/2 years to 21/2 years and a day in Walpole State Prison after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol (fifth offense).
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Town's approach is based on the lessons Heiberger learned both from the experience of building that company and from his subsequent years at the helm of Buttonwood Development, a development firm he named for the street he grew up on.
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Love potions. (The Wine Guide)
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That's the message from the preliminary results of a recent survey by the FEI Research Foundation and Buttonwood Group LLP of Stamford, Conn., a leading consulting firm.
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American sycamore's image rising in U.S. vaneer market. (Wood of the Month)
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Better budgets
After erecting my tent in the shade of a buttonwood tree and sorting my gear, I positioned a camp chair to face the fort's eastern side.
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