English-Thai Dictionary
buttonwood
N ต้นไม้ช นิดหนึ่ง ใช้ ทำ บ้าน และ ของใช้ ใน บ้าน ton-mai-cha-nid-nueng-chai-tam-barn-lae-kong-chai-nai-barn
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BUTTONWOOD
BUTTONWOOD But "ton *wood `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.
New American Oxford Dictionary
buttonwood
but ton wood |ˈbətnˌwo͝od ˈbətnwʊd | ▶noun 1 (also buttonwood tree ) another term for sycamore ( sense 1 ). 2 either of two mangroves native mainly to tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal. [Conocarpus erectus (the button mangrove ) and Laguncularia racemosa, family Combretaceae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
buttonwood
button |wood |ˈbʌt (ə )nwʊd | ▶noun 1 (also buttonwood tree ) N. Amer. an American plane tree. Also called sycamore in North America. ●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. 2 either of two mangroves found mainly in tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal. ●Conocarpus erectus (the button mangrove ) and Laguncularia racemosa, family Combretaceae.
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