NOUN | plant | Platanus occidentalis, American sycamore, American plane, buttonwood | very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico |
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Meaning | Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico. | |
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Synonyms | American sycamore, American plane, buttonwood | |
Member of | Platanus, genus Platanus | genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees |
Broader | plane tree, sycamore, platan | 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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