platanusn.

Brit.

/ˈplatənəs/, U.S.

/ˈplædənəs/

Forms:

α. Old English– platanus.

β. 1600s–1800s plantanus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin platanus.

Etymology: < classical Latin platanus plane tree < ancient Greek πλάτανος , alteration of an earlier form πλατάνιστος , perhaps < πλατύς broad (see plat adv.), either because of its broad foliage or because of its flat bark. Compare later plane n.¹, plantain n.², platan n.In Old English only in one isolated attestation in the abbreviated form platan' , which has been expanded to platanus (see quot. OE at main sense). In β. forms apparently after post-classical Latin plantanus (see plantain n.²), perhaps reinforced by the Romance forms cited at plantain n.²

A tree of the genus Platanus, a plane tree; (in form Platanus) the genus itself, constituting the family Platanaceae. Cf. plane n.¹ 1.Valid publication as a genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 999.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > plane-trees > [noun]

platanusOE

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OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 65 Quasi platanus exalta sum iuxta aquam in plateis : suoelce platanus ahefen am neh uætre in plæcum.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 240^v Platanus..haþ þat name for þe leues þerof ben playn, brode, and large.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 337 The Zinnar Tree or Platanus.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 55 The Plantanus is a very beautiful Tree, and grows very well in England.

1786 J. Abercrombie Gardener's Pocket Dict. I. 103 The Platanus furnishes most eminent deciduous ornamental and forest-trees.

1826 Gardener's Mag. July 297 The Turks on the birth of a son, plant a platanus; as they do a cypress on the death of one.

1845 S. C. Coleridge Pretty Lessons 126 The hazel is called corylus, the spreading plane is platanus.

1981 F. B. Hora Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 119/3 The species of Platanus are very similar, so much so that at least one worker regards them all as varieties of one species.

2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 7054 Some early eudicots, such as Trochodendron and Tetracentron..and Platanus..also have high chromosome numbers.

Compounds

platanus tree n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > plane-trees > [noun]

platanusOE

planea1382

platana1382

plane treea1425

platan treea1425

plantain1535

plane1562

dwarf plane tree1578

chenar1638

buttonwood1670

platanus tree1670

Norway maple1731

water beech1735

American plane1781

sycamore1814

buttonball1818

London plane1860

sycamore-tree1872

1670 H. Stubbe Specimen of some Animadversions 89 He found him sitting under a Plantanus tree in a garb not much differing from a madman.

1808 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. i. 38 Beneath a huge platanus-tree..in the garden I have mentioned.

1991 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. v. 14 Famous for its 125 year-old platanus trees, the formal French garden to the north of the park is ideal for a quiet promenade.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	platanus
释义	platanusn. Brit. /ˈplatənəs/, U.S. /ˈplædənəs/ Forms: α. Old English– platanus. β. 1600s–1800s plantanus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin platanus. Etymology: < classical Latin platanus plane tree < ancient Greek πλάτανος , alteration of an earlier form πλατάνιστος , perhaps < πλατύς broad (see plat adv.), either because of its broad foliage or because of its flat bark. Compare later plane n.¹, plantain n.², platan n.In Old English only in one isolated attestation in the abbreviated form platan' , which has been expanded to platanus (see quot. OE at main sense). In β. forms apparently after post-classical Latin plantanus (see plantain n.²), perhaps reinforced by the Romance forms cited at plantain n.² A tree of the genus Platanus, a plane tree; (in form Platanus) the genus itself, constituting the family Platanaceae. Cf. plane n.¹ 1.Valid publication as a genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 999. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > plane-trees > [noun] platanusOE planea1382 platana1382 plane treea1425 platan treea1425 plantain1535 plane1562 dwarf plane tree1578 chenar1638 buttonwood1670 platanus tree1670 Norway maple1731 water beech1735 American plane1781 sycamore1814 buttonball1818 London plane1860 sycamore-tree1872 OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 65 Quasi platanus exalta sum iuxta aquam in plateis : suoelce platanus ahefen am neh uætre in plæcum. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 240^v Platanus..haþ þat name for þe leues þerof ben playn, brode, and large. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 337 The Zinnar Tree or Platanus. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 55 The Plantanus is a very beautiful Tree, and grows very well in England. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardener's Pocket Dict. I. 103 The Platanus furnishes most eminent deciduous ornamental and forest-trees. 1826 Gardener's Mag. July 297 The Turks on the birth of a son, plant a platanus; as they do a cypress on the death of one. 1845 S. C. Coleridge Pretty Lessons 126 The hazel is called corylus, the spreading plane is platanus. 1981 F. B. Hora Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 119/3 The species of Platanus are very similar, so much so that at least one worker regards them all as varieties of one species. 2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 7054 Some early eudicots, such as Trochodendron and Tetracentron..and Platanus..also have high chromosome numbers. Compounds platanus tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > plane-trees > [noun] platanusOE planea1382 platana1382 plane treea1425 platan treea1425 plantain1535 plane1562 dwarf plane tree1578 chenar1638 buttonwood1670 platanus tree1670 Norway maple1731 water beech1735 American plane1781 sycamore1814 buttonball1818 London plane1860 sycamore-tree1872 1670 H. Stubbe Specimen of some Animadversions 89 He found him sitting under a Plantanus tree in a garb not much differing from a madman. 1808 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. i. 38 Beneath a huge platanus-tree..in the garden I have mentioned. 1991 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. v. 14 Famous for its 125 year-old platanus trees, the formal French garden to the north of the park is ideal for a quiet promenade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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