According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
BUTTONWOOD
Etymology
Noun
buttonwood (plural buttonwoods)
The common name given to at least three species of shrub or tree.
The mangrove tree (Conocarpus erectus, family Combretaceae) a tropical and subtropical species.
The American sycamore or American plane tree (Platanus occidentalis, family Platanaceae).
California sycamore or western sycamore (Platanus racemosa).
Source: Wiktionary
But"ton*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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