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plane-tree|ˈpleɪntriː|
[f. plane n.1 + tree.]
a. A tree of the genus Platanus: = plane n.1 1.
14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 716/30 Nomina arborum..Hec plantacius, a plantre. 1483Cath. Angl. 283/1 A Playn tree, platanus. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 95 b, I haue sene the leues of that Platanus that groweth in Italy, and two very yong trees in England which were called there Playn trees..It is doutles that these two trees were ether brought out of Italy, or of som farr countre beyound Italy. 1578Lyte Dodoens vi. lxxiv. 755 The Plane tree groweth in many places of Greece..it is vnknowen in this Countrie. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 306 The Plane tree..I remember, that I haue seene one at Basil. 1731–3Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Platanus, The Plane-Tree..hath an amentaceous Flower,..the Embryo's of the Fruit..are turgid, and do afterwards become large spherical Balls. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. ii. (1858) 120 The plane-trees which once shaded the bare landscape of Attica.
attrib.1786Polwhele tr. Theocritus, etc. (1792) II. Notes 37 We will weave for thee a garland of lotus, and hang it on the plane-tree branches.
b. Sc. and north. Eng. = plane n.1 2.
1778Lightfoot Flora Scot. 639 Acer pseudo-platanus. The great Maple, or Bastard Sycomore. The Plane-Tree, Scottis. 1866Treas. Bot. 900 Plane-tree, Mock, or Scotch, Acer Pseudo-Platanus. 1902Buchan Watcher by Threshold 157 Some large plane-trees grew near the house. |