buttonwood

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buttonwood

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From button + wood.

noun buttonwoods

The mangrove tree (Conocarpus erectus, family Combretaceae) a tropical and subtropical species. On the opposite bank was a fresh ’gator wallow. The mud had been packed smooth where they turned and rolled their hard bodies. Penny dropped to his haunches behind a buttonwood bush.
The American sycamore or American plane tree (Platanus occidentalis, family Platanaceae). 1824, Washington Irving (as Geoffrey Crayon), “Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams” in Tales of a Traveller, Volume 2, Part 4, Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, p. 55, Thus quietly and comfortably did this excellent family vegetate under the shade of a mighty buttonwood tree, which by little and littl
California sycamore or western sycamore (Platanus racemosa).

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@misc{buttonwood_2026,
  title = {buttonwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buttonwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}