Definition of buttonwood in English:

buttonwood

nounˈbʌt(ə)nwʊdˈbətnˌwʊd

1North American An American plane tree.
Genus Platanus, family Platanaceae: several species, in particular P. occidentalis (also called buttonball tree), which is the largest deciduous tree in the US and is grown for ornament and timber
Also called sycamore in North America
Example sentencesExamples
- The zone where white mangrove and buttonwood trees grow is almost never flooded by tidal waters.
- Black, red and white mangroves and buttonwoods cover much of the low coastal areas of the South Florida shoreline.
- Old stumps and downed branches of buttonwood trees may lie along coastal beaches for decades before they decay.
- Explore an overgrown old road bed through shady buttonwoods and open coastal salt prairie.
- The reduction of the famous battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, when Wayne defeated the Maumee Indians, to a buttonwood tree falling on his tent was especially delicious.
2Either of two mangroves found mainly in tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal.
两种热带美洲的红树林植物之一
Conocarpus erectus (the button mangrove) and Laguncularia racemosa, family Combretaceae
Example sentencesExamples
- Finally, as we walk past the White Mangrove stands we reach the Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus).
- Buttonwood is a shrubby mangrove tree that has a picturesque appearance when exposed to constant seashore winds creating an attractive addition to the beach.
- There among the buttonwoods, palm and the spidery red mangrove, I return to walk and work among them, to breathe their air and tell their time.

Definition of buttonwood in US English:

buttonwood

nounˈbətnˌwʊdˈbətnˌwo͝od

1North American
another term for sycamore (sense 1 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- Explore an overgrown old road bed through shady buttonwoods and open coastal salt prairie.
- Old stumps and downed branches of buttonwood trees may lie along coastal beaches for decades before they decay.
- Black, red and white mangroves and buttonwoods cover much of the low coastal areas of the South Florida shoreline.
- The zone where white mangrove and buttonwood trees grow is almost never flooded by tidal waters.
- The reduction of the famous battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, when Wayne defeated the Maumee Indians, to a buttonwood tree falling on his tent was especially delicious.
2Either of two mangroves found mainly in tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal.
两种热带美洲的红树林植物之一
Conocarpus erectus (the button mangrove) and Laguncularia racemosa, family Combretaceae
Example sentencesExamples
- Finally, as we walk past the White Mangrove stands we reach the Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus).
- There among the buttonwoods, palm and the spidery red mangrove, I return to walk and work among them, to breathe their air and tell their time.
- Buttonwood is a shrubby mangrove tree that has a picturesque appearance when exposed to constant seashore winds creating an attractive addition to the beach.

词汇	buttonwood
释义	Definition of buttonwood in English: buttonwood nounˈbʌt(ə)nwʊdˈbətnˌwʊd 1North American An American plane tree. Genus Platanus, family Platanaceae: several species, in particular P. occidentalis (also called buttonball tree), which is the largest deciduous tree in the US and is grown for ornament and timber Also called sycamore in North America Example sentencesExamples The zone where white mangrove and buttonwood trees grow is almost never flooded by tidal waters. Black, red and white mangroves and buttonwoods cover much of the low coastal areas of the South Florida shoreline. Old stumps and downed branches of buttonwood trees may lie along coastal beaches for decades before they decay. Explore an overgrown old road bed through shady buttonwoods and open coastal salt prairie. The reduction of the famous battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, when Wayne defeated the Maumee Indians, to a buttonwood tree falling on his tent was especially delicious. 2Either of two mangroves found mainly in tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal. 两种热带美洲的红树林植物之一 Conocarpus erectus (the button mangrove) and Laguncularia racemosa, family Combretaceae Example sentencesExamples Finally, as we walk past the White Mangrove stands we reach the Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus). Buttonwood is a shrubby mangrove tree that has a picturesque appearance when exposed to constant seashore winds creating an attractive addition to the beach. There among the buttonwoods, palm and the spidery red mangrove, I return to walk and work among them, to breathe their air and tell their time. Definition of buttonwood in US English: buttonwood nounˈbətnˌwʊdˈbətnˌwo͝od 1North American another term for sycamore (sense 1 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples Explore an overgrown old road bed through shady buttonwoods and open coastal salt prairie. Old stumps and downed branches of buttonwood trees may lie along coastal beaches for decades before they decay. Black, red and white mangroves and buttonwoods cover much of the low coastal areas of the South Florida shoreline. The zone where white mangrove and buttonwood trees grow is almost never flooded by tidal waters. The reduction of the famous battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, when Wayne defeated the Maumee Indians, to a buttonwood tree falling on his tent was especially delicious. 2Either of two mangroves found mainly in tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal. 两种热带美洲的红树林植物之一 Conocarpus erectus (the button mangrove) and Laguncularia racemosa, family Combretaceae Example sentencesExamples Finally, as we walk past the White Mangrove stands we reach the Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus). There among the buttonwoods, palm and the spidery red mangrove, I return to walk and work among them, to breathe their air and tell their time. Buttonwood is a shrubby mangrove tree that has a picturesque appearance when exposed to constant seashore winds creating an attractive addition to the beach.
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