platan

1. 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 (synset 112827492)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • 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: genus platanus, platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore
   substance holonym: lacewood, sycamore - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
   same as: plane tree, sycamore

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