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buttonwood
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buttonwood: see plane tree plane tree, sycamore, or buttonwood, any species of the genus Platanus, deciduous trees of most temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, exclusive of Africa.
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Inside the fort, protected from strong winds and salt spray, there's a lush tropical garden atmosphere with date palms, carob trees, ancient buttonwood trees that predate the fort, and "tourist trees" (Gumbo-limbo) that have red, peeling bark.
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