buttonball

American  

[buht-n-bawl] / ˈbʌt nˌbɔl /

noun

1. sycamore.

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buttonball British  

/ ˈbʌtənˌbɔːl /

noun

1. a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis See plane tree

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Example Sentences

Plane-tree, plān′-trē, n. any one of the several trees constituting the genus Platanus, esp. the oriental or common plane-tree, with its variety the maple-leaved plane-tree, and the American plane-tree, usually called sycamore or buttonwood or buttonball: in Great Britain, the sycamore maple.

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At first greenish, the under bark thus exposed becomes creamy white, mostly; and I have had a conceit that the colder the winter, the whiter would be those portions of Mr. Buttonball's pajamas he cared to expose to us the next spring!

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Buttonball, Plane tree, 110, 111 Plum family.

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Pretty soon, just after they had passed under a buttonball tree, the ducklings heard a noise, and who should run out from under a bush but little Sister Sallie.

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But for permanence the maple, the oak, the buttonball are all better.

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