Definition of Buttonwood

1. Noun. Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico.


Definition of Buttonwood

1. n. 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 P. racemosa.

Definition of Buttonwood

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Medical Definition of Buttonwood

1. 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 P. Racemosa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buttonwood

buttonhole iridectomy
buttonhole stenosis
buttonhole stitch
buttonholing
buttonhook
buttonhooked
buttonhooking
buttonhooks
buttoning
buttonless
buttonlike
buttonmold
buttons
buttonweed
buttonwood (current term)
buttonwood (current term)
buttonwoods
buttony
button fern
button hole
button mangrove
button pink
button quail
button snakeroot
button suture
button tree
button up
buttress
buttress
buttressed

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