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

Now and then a furry nose protruded from one of the apertures and sniffed the welcome scent of pine and buttonball, red and white clover, the thousand spicy odors of field and woodland.

From K by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

The maple and buttonball or plane-tree were dug up by the boys in the woods the morning of Arbor Day.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

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

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

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.

From Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble by Garis, Howard Roger

Two trees were to be planted, one little maple near the building; another, a buttonball tree, down on the lower grade.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy