HyperDic: platanus_occidentalis

English > 1 sense of the expression Platanus occidentalis:
NOUNplantPlatanus occidentalis, American sycamore, American plane, buttonwoodvery large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
English > Platanus occidentalis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningVery large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico.
SynonymsAmerican sycamore, American plane, buttonwood
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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