SYCAMORE

Sycamore

Sycamore is a name which is applied at various times and places to several different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Greek language meaning fig-mulberry.

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sycamore

Noun

  1. Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).
  2. A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
  3. A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig and found in Egypt and Syria; also called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry; the Biblical sycomore.


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