1. a tropical American tree with button-like fruit clusters, especially the mangrove buttonwood
Usage: botanical
2. the hard wood of the buttonwood tree, used for construction and fuel

Examples

• The buttonwood trees lined the coastal marsh.
• Buttonwood is commonly found in Florida’s mangrove ecosystems.
• The carpenter preferred buttonwood for its durability.
• Small birds nested in the dense buttonwood canopy.
• The buttonwood’s distinctive fruit clusters gave the tree its name.
• Local fishermen used buttonwood branches for their boats.