buttonball

[ buht-n-bawl ]

noun

1. sycamore ( def 1 ).

buttonball

/ ˈbʌtənˌbɔːl /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Sycamore, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree (local and common names).

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American buttonball or sycamore trees are distinguished by rough balls which remain hanging on long stems throughout the winter.

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Under the old buttonball tree the broods of young chickens ran from early morning to night.

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

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

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