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ˈplaner-tree
[From the surname of I. J. Planer, a German botanist, whence the genus has its mod.L. name Planera.]
A small, deciduous tree, the water elm, Planera aquatica, belonging to the family Ulmaceæ and native to south-eastern parts of the United States.
1810F. A. Michaux Hist. Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 39 Planer tree, nom de la personne à laquelle cette espèce a été consacrée. 1819A. L. Hillhouse tr. Michaux's N. Amer. Sylva III. 100, I have more particularly observed the Planer Tree in the large swamps on the borders of the river Savannah in Georgia. 1832D. J. Browne Sylva Amer. 246 The planer tree is of the second order, and is rarely more than 35 or 40 feet high. 1884Miller Plant-n., Planera aquatica and other species, Planer-tree. 1887Nicholson's Dict. Gardening, Planera (named in honour of I. J. Planer, a German botanist, who published a Flora of Erfurt, in 1788)... P. aquatica..Planer-tree... Southern United States, 1816. 1930W. R. Mattoon et al. Forest Trees Oklahoma 62 The water elm or planer tree is found on the low wet flood plains of the larger streams of the eastern part of the state. 1976Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 882/2 Planer tree, water elm... A deciduous elmlike tree, native to N[orth] Amer[ica]. |