HyperDic: american_sycamore

English > 1 sense of the expression American sycamore:
NOUNplantAmerican sycamore, American plane, buttonwood, Platanus occidentalisvery large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
English > American sycamore: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningVery large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico.
SynonymsAmerican plane, buttonwood, Platanus occidentalis
Member ofPlatanus, genus Platanusgenus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees
Broaderplane tree, sycamore, platanAny 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 fruits

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