but·ton·ball

(bŭt′n-bôl′)

[From its button-shaped fruit.]

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buttonball

(ˈbʌtənˌbɔːl)

(Plants) US and Canadian a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis. See plane tree

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Translations

sicomoro sicómoro

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References in periodicals archive

Sycamore, American sycamore, American planetree, American plane, California button, California sycamore, buttonwood, buttonball tree, planetree, water beech, ghost tree

Pretty 'plane': American sycamore offers impressive yields

"That time I fired into a buttonball tree, so as not to orphan this kid of yourn."

The purple moccasin

American sycamore, buttonwood, American planetree, buttonball, water beech, ghost wood

American sycamore's image rising in U.S. vaneer market. (Wood of the Month)

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