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Definition of: buttonwood
(but′n·wood′) noun
1. The sycamore or plane tree of the United States: also but′ton·ball′.
2. A tree or shrub of tropical America and Africa (Conocarpus erecta) with heavy, close-grained wood and an astringent bark: also but′ton·tree′.
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