buttonwood

Noun

 * 1) The mangrove tree (, family ) a tropical and subtropical species.
 * 2) The American sycamore or  (, family ).
 * 3) * 1824, (as Geoffrey Crayon), “Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams” in , 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 little grew so great as entirely to overshadow their palace.
 * 1) * 1835,, Journal of a Residence in America, Paris: A. and W. Galignani, entry dated Sunday, 13 January, 1833, p.234,
 * When near, the trees look singularly deplorable and untidy, although at the distance, the red-brown of the faded oaks mingling with the bright, vivid, green cedars, and here and there a silver-barked buttonwood tree raising its white delicate branches from among them, produce a very agreeable and harmonious blending to the eye.
 * 1) California sycamore or.
 * When near, the trees look singularly deplorable and untidy, although at the distance, the red-brown of the faded oaks mingling with the bright, vivid, green cedars, and here and there a silver-barked buttonwood tree raising its white delicate branches from among them, produce a very agreeable and harmonious blending to the eye.
 * 1) California sycamore or.