buttonwood

[ buht-n-woo d ]

/ ˈbʌt nˌwʊd /

Chiefly Eastern New England. sycamore(def 1).

Origin of buttonwood

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75; button + wood¹

Buyers and sellers would meet, first under a Buttonwood tree in 1792, and then on the floors, to trade stocks.

NYSE’s Sale to ICE: Sign of the Times |Daniel Gross |December 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Or will we build the Falcon's Nest in the buttonwood over on the Strail?

How To Do It |Edward Everett Hale
Maple or beech is a very good material, but the best are made from the buttonwood or American sycamore.

Croquet |Anonymous
After this I built a small fire of buttonwood and set about preparing breakfast.

Wings of the Wind |Credo Harris

Those of Buttonwood (Fig. 447) are larger, and are here highly magnified besides.

The Elements of Botany |Asa Gray
Its small branches shed their bark like the buttonwood, the flakes curling back and showing the bright green under layer.

Trees Worth Knowing |Julia Ellen Rogers

buttonwood

/ (ˈbʌtənˌwʊd) /

Also called: buttonball a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis See plane tree

a small West Indian tree, Conocarpus erectus, with button-like fruits and heavy hard compact wood: family Combretaceae