| 单词 | button tree | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutton tree   button tree  n. 		 (a) the button mangrove,  Conocarpus erectus;		 (b) (chiefly U.S.) the buttonball,  Platanus occidentalis;		 (c) (chiefly U.S.) the buttonbush,  Cephalanthus occidentalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > 			[noun]		 > mangroves mangle1613 mangrove1613 mangrove treec1625 button tree1698 Rhizophora1753 yam1753 button mangrove1864 1698    Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 20 36  				Jamaica Button-Tree. 1725    H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 18  				Button Tree. This tree..grows near the sea-side..among the mangroves. 1739    P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II. Addenda sig. Rrrr2  				Platanus Americanus... The Button-tree. 1751    Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 561/2  				Cephalanthus, or Button tree. 1833    Gardener's Mag. 9 118  				Dr. Mease, in speaking of immense American button trees, has identified them with the genus Platanus. 1866    J. Lindley  & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 184/1  				Button-tree, the common name of Conocarpus. 1898    N. L. Britton  & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. III. 216  				Cephalanthus occidentalis L. Button-bush. Button-tree. Honey-balls. Globe-flower. 1931    W. A. Dayton Important Western Browse Plants (U.S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 101) 145  				Buttonbush.., known by a great number of local names, including button tree,..is one of the most widely distributed plants of North America. 1976    Backpacker Dec. 70/2  				You can pass through..shoreline mangrove swamps with sea grapes, red mangroves and button trees. 2013    Vancouver Sun 		(Nexis)	 22 Jan.  a11  				Plane trees are also called the button tree or buttonwood tree in some parts of North America. < as lemmas  | 
	
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