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Buttonwood
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Buttonwood, n.
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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