sycamore : Idioms & Phrases
american sycamore
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noun very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
buttonwood; Platanus occidentalis; American plane.
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arizona sycamore
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noun medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5
Platanus wrightii.
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california sycamore
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noun tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers
Platanus racemosa.
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sycamore fig
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noun thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore
mulberry fig; sycamore; Ficus sycomorus.
