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buttonwood n. 扣子树;其木材 扣子树;其木材 buttonwood n 1: very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico [ synonym: { American sycamore}, { American plane}, { buttonwood}, { Platanus occidentalis}] Plane \ Plane\, n. [ F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; -- so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See { Place}, and cf. { Platane}, { Plantain} the tree.] ( Bot.) Any tree of the genus { Platanus}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The Oriental plane ({ Platanus orientalis}) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close- sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane ({ Platanus occidentalis}), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called { sycamore}, { buttonwood}, and { buttonball}, names also applied to the California species ({ Platanus racemosa}). [ 1913 Webster]
Buttonwood \ But" ton* wood`\, n. ( Bot.) 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 { Platanus racemosa}. [ 1913 Webster]
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