buttonball

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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Pretty 'plane': American sycamore offers impressive yields

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

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