sycamore

/ˌsɪkəˈmɔər/

/ˈsɪkəmɔ/

Other forms: sycamores

Definitions of sycamore

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: plane tree, platan

   types:

   London plane, Platanus acerifolia

   very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree

   American plane, American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, buttonwood

   very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico

   Platanus orientalis, oriental plane

   large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor

   California sycamore, Platanus racemosa

   tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers

   Arizona sycamore, Platanus wrightii

   medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2. noun

   variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
   synonyms: lacewood

   type of:

   wood

   the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
3. noun

   Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
   synonyms: Acer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maple

   type of:

   maple

   any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
4. 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
   synonyms: Ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore fig

   type of:

   fig tree

   any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature