genus platanus

1. Genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane;
   Sycamore (synset 112827215)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • plane tree, platan, 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
   • 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
   • arizona sycamore, platanus wrightii - medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5
   belongs to: family platanaceae, plane-tree family, platanaceae - coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
   same as: platanus

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