Definition of sycamore Sycamore
/sɪˈkʌmɔˌɹ/ - [sikumor] - Syc•a•more
We found 11 definitions of sycamore from 5 different sources.
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NounPlural: sycamores |
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| 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 fig, mulberry fig, Ficus sycomorus | ||
| fig tree any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature | ||
| sycamore - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree | ||
| lacewood | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
| sycamore - 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 | ||
| great maple, scottish maple, Acer pseudoplatanus | ||
| 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 | ||
| plane tree, platan | ||
| tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) | ||
| genus platanus, platanus genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore | ||
| lacewood, 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 | ||
| london plane, platanus acerifolia very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree | ||
| american plane, american sycamore, buttonwood, platanus occidentalis very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico | ||
| oriental plane, platanus orientalis 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sycamore (Noun)
A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus , known in North America as the sycamore maple . - sycamore (Noun)
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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sycamore (n.)
A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture. - sycamore (n.)
The American plane tree, or buttonwood. - sycamore (n.)
A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sycamore
sik′a-mōr, n. a fruit-tree of the fig family, common in Palestine, &c.: a species of maple, in Scotland usually called plane-tree: in America, the native plane. [Gr. sykomoros—sykon, a fig, moron, black mulberry.]
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🔤- sycamore, noun, singular of sycamores.
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