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Buttonwood

noun
1.
Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico.  Synonyms: American plane, American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis.





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"Buttonwood" Quotes from Famous Books



... that if he went for wood he must mean buttonwood, because there was no end of other kinds about; but buttonwood is the only fuel in Florida—dry mangrove being a close second—that, burning slowly like charcoal, is both very hot and smokeless, and he was evidently taking no chances. ...
— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris


Words linked to "Buttonwood" :   sycamore, American plane, American sycamore, plane tree, platan, genus Platanus, Platanus


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