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Plane tree   /pleɪn tri/   Listen
Plane tree

noun
1.
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: platan, sycamore.





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"Plane tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... Colonel Nairne's garden and grotto. Here was a fine old plane tree. Unluckily the colonel said, there was but this and another large tree in the county. This assertion was an excellent cue for Dr. Johnson, who laughed enormously, calling to me to hear it. He had expatiated to me on the nakedness of that part of Scotland ...
— Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 • Boswell


Words linked to "Plane tree" :   Arizona sycamore, sycamore, Platanus racemosa, California sycamore, oriental plane, tree, lacewood, genus Platanus, Platanus occidentalis, Platanus orientalis, buttonwood, Platanus acerifolia, American sycamore, Platanus, London plane, American plane, Platanus wrightii


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