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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the sycamore or plane tree, Platanus occidentalis, occurring in southern Ontario and southwards.
Quotations
1793
. . . the timber on the good land, Maple, Bass and Button Wood, the soil black and deep.
1958
Canada has only one species of sycamore tree, also known as the buttonwood or plane tree.