Sycamore
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
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
Framework senses
- §1
- thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground
- §2
- Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree
- §3
- 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
- §4
- variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree