Buttonwood

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
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     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}).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  buttonwood
       n : very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North
           America to Mexico [syn: {American sycamore}, {American
           plane}, {Platanus occidentalis}]