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BUTTONWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
Synonyms:
American plane; American sycamore; buttonwood; Platanus occidentalis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("buttonwood" is a kind of...):
plane tree; platan; sycamore (any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits)
Holonyms ("buttonwood" is a member of...):
genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)
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