buttonwood
n . 扣子樹;其木材
扣子樹;其木材
buttonwood n 1 :
very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico [
synonym : {
American sycamore },
{
American plane }, {
buttonwood }, {
Platanus occidentalis }]
Plane \
Plane \,
n . [
F .,
fr .
L .
platanus ,
Gr . ?,
fr . ?
broad ; --
so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form .
See {
Place },
and cf . {
Platane }, {
Plantain }
the tree .] (
Bot .)
Any tree of the genus {
Platanus }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The Oriental plane ({
Platanus orientalis })
is a native of Asia .
It rises with a straight ,
smooth ,
branching stem to a great height ,
with palmated leaves ,
and long pendulous peduncles ,
sustaining several heads of small close -
sitting flowers .
The seeds are downy ,
and collected into round ,
rough ,
hard balls .
The Occidental plane ({
Platanus occidentalis }),
which grows to a great height ,
is a native of North America ,
where it is popularly called {
sycamore }, {
buttonwood },
and {
buttonball },
names also applied to the California species ({
Platanus racemosa }).
[
1913 Webster ]
Buttonwood \
But "
ton *
wood `\,
n . (
Bot .)
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 {
Platanus racemosa }.
[
1913 Webster ]
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