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  • noun Plural form of buttonwood.

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Examples

  • Also, the presence of the beach can help preserve the buttonwoods and mangroves in the park, which in turn can reduce hurricane damage to Port Everglades, which in turn can save you, the taxpayer, a lot of money.

    Emergency fill-in entry mariness 2006

  • Admittedly, they aren't the buttonwoods let alone the red, white or black mangroves the park needs but I'll start giving them full credit for looks, at least.

    Emergency fill-in entry mariness 2006

  • The state planted some palm trees in its place instead of buttonwoods, sigh and felt hopeful, and some hurricanes showed up and everybody felt less hopeful.

    Emergency fill-in entry mariness 2006

  • I hope they start planting some buttonwoods and sea oats quickly, but judging from the other park areas where the Australian pines have already been removed, I'm not holding up much hope.

    Sniffle. Trees mariness 2005

  • Dusk purpled the grounds, deepening the shadows cast by he palm trees, buttonwoods, and shrubbery around the house area.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

  • Dusk purpled the grounds, deepening the shadows cast by he palm trees, buttonwoods, and shrubbery around the house area.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

  • Dusk purpled the grounds, deepening the shadows cast by he palm trees, buttonwoods, and shrubbery around the house area.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

  • We had a hard, dusty ride from the encampment at Mongohick to the Pamunkey, and halted beneath the oaks, magnolias, and buttonwoods of an old Virginia mansion.

    The Romance of the Civil War 1903

  • It was two or three days later that Dr. Lavendar and Danny, jogging along behind Goliath under the buttonwoods on the road to Upper Chester, were somewhat inconvenienced by the dust of a buggy that crawled up and down the hills just a little ahead.

    Quaint Courtships William Dean Howells 1878

  • Looking from the old-fashioned windows of Mrs. Gouverneur's front parlor, he praised the beauty of the winter scene, and admired especially the spotted boles of the great buttonwoods in Washington Square.

    The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Edward Eggleston 1869

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