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Sycamore

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noun. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Platanus, especially P. occidentalis of eastern North America, having palmately lobed leaves, ball-like, nodding, hairy fruit clusters, and bark that flakes off in large pieces.

noun. A Eurasian deciduous maple tree (Acer pseudoplatanus) having palmately lobed leaves, winged fruits, and greenish flowers.

noun. A fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) of Africa and adjacent southwest Asia, mentioned in the Bible, having clusters of figs borne on short leafless twigs.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. The sycamore-fig, Ficus Sycomorus, growing in the lowlands of Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere.

noun. In England, the sycamore-maple, Acer Pseudo-platanus, the plane-tree of the Scotch.

noun. In the United States, the buttonwood, Platanus occidentalis, or any of the plane-trees. See plane-tree, 1.

noun. In New South Wales, Sterculia lurida.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.

noun. The American plane tree, or buttonwood.

noun. A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).

noun. A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.

noun. A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig and found in Egypt and Syria; also called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry; the Biblical sycomore.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits

noun. Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn

noun. thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore

noun. variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree

Word Usage

"She said preliminary tests have shown the sycamore is more than 2,000 years old."

cross-reference

buttonwood false sycamore sycomore white sycamore

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fig tree maple wood

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sycomore