buttonwood


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
buttonwood/ˈbʌt(ə)nwʊd/
noun
  • 1 N. Amer. a plane tree.
  • 2 a tropical American mangrove, used in the production of tanbark and charcoal. [Conocarpus erectus and Laguncularia racemosa.]
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