buttonwood

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The common name given to at least three species of shrub or tree.; The mangrove tree (Conocarpus erectus, family Combretaceae) a tropical and subtropical species.
    — On the opposite bank was a fresh ’gator wallow. The mud had been packed smooth where they turned and rolled their hard bodies. Penny dropped to his haunches behind a buttonwood bush.
  2. The common name given to at least three species of shrub or tree.; The American sycamore or American plane tree (Platanus occidentalis, family Platanaceae).
    — 1824, Washington Irving (as Geoffrey Crayon), “Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams” in Tales of a Traveller, 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.
  3. The common name given to at least three species of shrub or tree.; California sycamore or western sycamore (Platanus racemosa).

词形变化

buttonwoods plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Florida buttonwood Harvey's buttonwood swamp buttonwood
相关词
Conocarpus erectus Platanus occidentalis Platanus racemosa

词源

From button + wood.
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