Buttonwood definitions
An evergreen shrub or tree (Conocarpus erectus) of coastal wetlands of tropical America and western Africa, having alternate leathery leaves and small buttonlike heads of greenish flowers.
noun
The common name given to at least three species of shrub or tree.
- The mangrove tree, Conocarpus erectus, family Combretaceae, a tropical and subtropical species.
- The American sycamore or American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis, family Platanaceae.
- California sycamore or western sycamore, Platanus racemosa.
noun