Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BUT'TON-WOOD
BUT'TON-WOOD, n.
The Platanus occidentalis, Western plane-tree, a large tree, growing in North America, producing rough balls, from which it is named. The wood is hard, and used for windlasses, wheels and blocks. – Belknap. Mease.
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