How To Use buttonwood In A Sentence
- This name, as well as sycamore, is given, among us, to the large tree commonly called the buttonwood; but the tree here mentioned is different. Barnes New Testament Notes
- A writer in the "Mercury" says: "The root of the buttonwood or crane willow, a shrub which is conspicuous in our swamps in the spring, when boiled with honey and cumfrey, makes a pleasant syrup, which is the most effective remedy known to me in diseases of the lungs. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
- Black, red and white mangroves and buttonwoods cover much of the low coastal areas of the South Florida shoreline.
- That was when two dozen brokers met under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street where they had been trading securities outdoors to form what became the NYSE. Exporting Wall Street
- Old stumps and downed branches of buttonwood trees may lie along coastal beaches for decades before they decay.
- This brings its own risks, as our Buttonwood columnist points out.
- Explore an overgrown old road bed through shady buttonwoods and open coastal salt prairie.
- On May 17, 1792, after years of shouting out on the street, a group of 24 prominent brokers met under a buttonwood tree at what is now 68 Wall Street and decided to move indoors, so to speak. Make Way for the Virtual Exchange
- Fresh-caught snook fillets, slow-grilled over a smoky buttonwood fire (the wood is key). The Best Camp Dinner Ever
- There among the buttonwoods, palm and the spidery red mangrove, I return to walk and work among them, to breathe their air and tell their time.
