sycamore(n = noun.plant)plane tree, 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;
sycamore(n = noun.plant)ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore fig - 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;
A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture. [1913 Webster]
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1 (in full sycamore maple) a a large maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, with winged seeds, grown for its shade and timber. b its wood.
2 US the plane-tree or its wood.
3 Bibl. a fig-tree, Ficus sycomorus, growing in Egypt, Syria, etc.