buttonwood

[ buht-n-wood ]

/ ˈbʌt nˌwʊd /

noun

Chiefly Eastern New England. sycamore (def. 1).

Origin of buttonwood

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75; button + wood¹

Words nearby buttonwood

button snakeroot, button suture, button-through, button tow, button up, buttonwood, buttony, butt plate, buttress, buttress plate, buttress root

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Example sentences from the Web for buttonwood

Buyers and sellers would meet, first under a Buttonwood tree in 1792, and then on the floors, to trade stocks.
NYSE’s Sale to ICE: Sign of the Times|Daniel Gross|December 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Or will we build the Falcon's Nest in the buttonwood over on the Strail?
How To Do It|Edward Everett Hale
Maple or beech is a very good material, but the best are made from the buttonwood or American sycamore.
Croquet|Anonymous
After this I built a small fire of buttonwood and set about preparing breakfast.
Wings of the Wind|Credo Harris

Those of Buttonwood (Fig. 447) are larger, and are here highly magnified besides.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
Its small branches shed their bark like the buttonwood, the flakes curling back and showing the bright green under layer.
Trees Worth Knowing|Julia Ellen Rogers

British Dictionary definitions for buttonwood

buttonwood

button tree

/ (ˈbʌtənˌwʊd) /

noun

Also called: buttonball a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalisSee plane tree

a small West Indian tree, Conocarpus erectus, with button-like fruits and heavy hard compact wood: family Combretaceae

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单词	buttonwood
释义	buttonwood [ buht-n-wood ] / ˈbʌt nˌwʊd / noun Chiefly Eastern New England. sycamore (def. 1). Origin of buttonwood An Americanism dating back to 1665–75; button + wood¹ Words nearby buttonwood button snakeroot, button suture, button-through, button tow, button up, buttonwood, buttony, butt plate, buttress, buttress plate, buttress root Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buttonwood Buyers and sellers would meet, first under a Buttonwood tree in 1792, and then on the floors, to trade stocks. NYSE’s Sale to ICE: Sign of the Times\|Daniel Gross\|December 20, 2012\|DAILY BEAST Or will we build the Falcon's Nest in the buttonwood over on the Strail? How To Do It\|Edward Everett Hale Maple or beech is a very good material, but the best are made from the buttonwood or American sycamore. Croquet\|Anonymous After this I built a small fire of buttonwood and set about preparing breakfast. Wings of the Wind\|Credo Harris Those of Buttonwood (Fig. 447) are larger, and are here highly magnified besides. The Elements of Botany\|Asa Gray Its small branches shed their bark like the buttonwood, the flakes curling back and showing the bright green under layer. Trees Worth Knowing\|Julia Ellen Rogers British Dictionary definitions for buttonwood buttonwood button tree / (ˈbʌtənˌwʊd) / noun Also called: buttonball a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalisSee plane tree a small West Indian tree, Conocarpus erectus, with button-like fruits and heavy hard compact wood: family Combretaceae Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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