English > platan: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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 fruits. |
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| Synonyms | plane tree, sycamore |
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| Member of | Platanus, genus Platanus | genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees |
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| Narrower | American sycamore, American plane, buttonwood, Platanus occidentalis | Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico |
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| Arizona sycamore, Platanus wrightii | medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5 |
| California sycamore, Platanus racemosa | tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers |
| London plane, Platanus acerifolia | Very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree |
| oriental plane, Platanus orientalis | large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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| Substances | sycamore, lacewood | variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough / tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree |
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| Spanish | platan, plátano |
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| Catalan | plataner, platan, plàtan |
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