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

1. Noun. The common name given to at least three species of shrub or tree. ¹

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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)

Literary usage of Buttonwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historic Trees of Massachusettsby James Raymond Simmons by James Raymond Simmons (1919)
"honors may perhaps justly be divided between the buttonwood in front of the ... The buttonwood is now eighteen feet in circumference, and one hundred feet ..."

2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1856)
"THE buttonwood, (Platanus occidentalis), or Western plane, sometimes improperly called the Sycamore, is a well known tree in all parts of the United States. ..."

3. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"THE buttonwood, OR PLANE-TREE. THIS tree is common throughout the Northern, Middle, and Western States. It rises to a height of from one to three hundred ..."

4. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"The buttonwood, in seasoning, becomes of a dull red ; its grain is fine and close ; and it is susceptible of a brighter polish than the wood of the beech, ..."

5. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1856)
"Is there a widely-spread disease or contagion, as was the case with the buttonwood trees, or is it the effect of winter, frost, heat or moisture ? ..."

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