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buttonwood
noun
- See sycamore.
- 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.
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Noun
(plural buttonwoods)
- 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.
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