sycamore
noun
syc·a·more ˈsi-kə-ˌmȯr 
1
or less commonly sycomore
ˈsi-kə-ˌmȯr
: a fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) of Africa and the Middle East that is the sycamore of Scripture and has edible fruit similar but inferior to the common fig 2
: a Eurasian maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) with long racemes of showy yellowish-green flowers that is widely planted as a shade tree
3
: plane entry 4
especially : a very large spreading tree (Platanus occidentalis) chiefly of the eastern and central U.S. with 3- to 5-lobed broadly ovate leaves
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web As Cooper’s attorneys prepared an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a mob of masked men broke into the Baltimore County Jail and hanged Cooper from a sycamore tree. 
Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 The focus of the second piece is a tiger composed of wood marquetry, including 290 individual pieces cut from tulipwood, plum, ash-olive, maple and sycamore. Carol Besler, Robb Report, 26 July 2022 Spotted lanternfly prefer grapes, hops and a host of trees found in Iowa, including tree-of-heaven, apple, cherry, maple, oak, peach, pine, plum, poplar, sycamore, walnut and willow. Fox News, 27 July 2022 Five bedrooms and eight bathrooms fill out the 7,600-square-foot floor plan, and walls of glass take in the leafy, landscaped grounds scattered with sycamore, orange, avocado and palm trees. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 In the square opposite the station, there are mature trees — lime, plane, sycamore, chestnut — and the 18th-century Dial Arch, once a workshop, now a pub. Will Hawkes, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 For those with accessibility issues, there’s a drive along the river from the Starved Rock boat ramp to the main parking lot; look for eagles perched on tall cottonwood and sycamore trees. Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2022 And you, Eastern cottonwood of Clinton, and sycamore of Dutchess! Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022 Fearing the verdict might be reversed upon appeal, a mob of masked white men dragged Cooper from his cell and hung him from a sycamore tree outside the Towson jailhouse. Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022 See More
Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 The focus of the second piece is a tiger composed of wood marquetry, including 290 individual pieces cut from tulipwood, plum, ash-olive, maple and sycamore. Carol Besler, Robb Report, 26 July 2022 Spotted lanternfly prefer grapes, hops and a host of trees found in Iowa, including tree-of-heaven, apple, cherry, maple, oak, peach, pine, plum, poplar, sycamore, walnut and willow. Fox News, 27 July 2022 Five bedrooms and eight bathrooms fill out the 7,600-square-foot floor plan, and walls of glass take in the leafy, landscaped grounds scattered with sycamore, orange, avocado and palm trees. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 In the square opposite the station, there are mature trees — lime, plane, sycamore, chestnut — and the 18th-century Dial Arch, once a workshop, now a pub. Will Hawkes, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 For those with accessibility issues, there’s a drive along the river from the Starved Rock boat ramp to the main parking lot; look for eagles perched on tall cottonwood and sycamore trees. Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2022 And you, Eastern cottonwood of Clinton, and sycamore of Dutchess! Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022 Fearing the verdict might be reversed upon appeal, a mob of masked white men dragged Cooper from his cell and hung him from a sycamore tree outside the Towson jailhouse. Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English sikamour, sicomore, borrowed from Anglo-French sicamour, borrowed from Latin sȳcomorus, borrowed from Greek sȳkómoros "sycamore fig" (sȳkómoron "fruit of the sycamore fig"), probably alteration by folk etymology of sȳkámīnos sycamine, with the ending conformed to móron "black mulberry, blackberry" — more at mulberry
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
sycamore
noun
syc·a·more ˈsi-kə-ˌmȯr
1
: a fig tree of Egypt and the Middle East
2
: a large tree of the United States with round hard fruits and bark that peels off in flakes