sycomore

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sycamore
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English - English
a type of fig, Ficus sycomorus, native to the Middle East; the sycamore tree of the Bible
sycomore fig
A species of fig, scientific name Ficus sycomorus, native to Africa
sycomore figs
plural form of sycomore fig
sycamore
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
sycamore
Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)
sycamore
{n} a tree, the maple, and by some the name is given to the button wood
sycamore
A sycamore or a sycamore tree is a tree that has yellow flowers and large leaves with five points. Sycamore is the wood of this tree. The furniture is made of sycamore, beech and leather. Any of several distinct trees called by the same name though in different genera and families. In the U.S. the term refers to the American plane tree or buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis), a hardy street tree. The sycamore maple, or mock plane (Acer pseudoplatanus), is sometimes also called simply sycamore. The biblical sycamore, actually the sycamore fig (Ficus sycomorus), was used by the ancient Egyptians to make mummy cases
sycamore
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
sycamore
It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture
sycamore
A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple
sycamore
Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus (buttonwood), especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)
sycamore
The American plane tree, or buttonwood
sycamore
{i} buttonwood, any of a number of North American deciduous trees having rounded fruits and a flaky outer bark; Eurasian deciduous maple tree; fig tree native to Africa and southwest Asia
sycamore
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
A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig
sycamore
A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus)
sycamore
variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
sycamore
Eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
sycomore

    Etymology

    [ 'si-k&-"mOr, -"mor ] (noun.) 14th century. c. 1350, from Old French sicamor, from Latin sycomorus, from Ancient Greek συκόμορος (sukomoros, “fig-mulberry”), from σῦκον (sukon, “fig”) + μόρον (moron, “mulberry”). Possibly influenced by Hebrew שִׁקמָה (shiqmah, “mulberry”).
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