sycamore

sycamoreAmerican sycamore Platanus occidentalis

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S0953200 (sĭk′ə-môr′)n.1. 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. Also called buttonball, buttonwood.2. A Eurasian deciduous maple tree (Acer pseudoplatanus) having palmately lobed leaves, winged fruits, and greenish flowers.3. A fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) of Africa and adjacent southwest Asia, mentioned in the Bible, having clusters of figs borne on short leafless twigs.

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[Middle English sicamour, a kind of fig tree, from Old French sicamor, from Latin sȳcomorus, from Greek sūkomoros, perhaps of Semitic origin; see qwm in Semitic roots.]

sycamore

(ˈsɪkəˌmɔː) n1. (Plants) a Eurasian maple tree, Acer pseudoplatanus, naturalized in Britain and North America, having five-lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and two-winged fruits2. (Plants) US and Canadian an American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis. See plane tree3. (Plants) Also: sycomore a moraceous tree, Ficus sycomorus, of N Africa and W Asia, having an edible figlike fruit[C14: from Old French sicamor, from Latin sӯcomorus, from Greek sukomoros, from sukon fig + moron mulberry]

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(ˈsɪk əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr)

n. 1. Also called buttonwood. any plane tree, esp. Platanus occidentalis, of E North America, having palmately lobed leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber. 2. Brit. the sycamore maple. 3. a tree, Ficus sycomorus, of the Near East, related to the common fig, bearing an edible fruit: the sycamore of the Bible. [1300–50; < Old French < Latin sȳcomorus < Greek sȳkómoros < Semitic; compare Hebrew shiqmāh sycamore]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sycamore - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore treelacewoodplane tree, platan, sycamore - 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 fruitswood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	sycamore - 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 fruitsplane tree, platangenus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamorelacewood, sycamore - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore treeLondon plane, Platanus acerifolia - very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street treeAmerican plane, American sycamore, buttonwood, Platanus occidentalis - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexicooriental plane, Platanus orientalis - large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia MinorCalifornia sycamore, Platanus racemosa - tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowersArizona sycamore, Platanus wrightii - medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	3.	sycamore - Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumnAcer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maplemaple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
	4.	sycamore - 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 sycamoreFicus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore figFicus, genus Ficus - large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig treesfig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature

Translations

arce blancoarce sicomorobladafalso plátanohiguera africanaplatanesycomoresicomoro