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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A planetree. archaic, literary

   "Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...]."

2. 2
   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 wordnet

Synonyms

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plane treeplane treesycamore

Example

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"Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...]."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

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