Look up: Sycamore

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   Sycamore
   The sycamore (Sycomorus) is a genus of trees of the order Moraceae native to Europe. They have a straight, erect, smooth trunk, large, spreading, symetrical branches and large five-lobed leaves. In early spring the greenish flowers appear in long, drooping clusters, and are followed by winged seeds of a reddish-green colour. The wood is used for making violins as well as furniture etc.
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   Sycamore
   Sycamore is a city in Turner County Georgia, USA Sycamore is a town in Allendale County South Carolina, USA Sycamore is a village in Wyandot County Ohio, USA Sycamore is a township in Wyandot County Ohio, USA Sycamore is a township in Hamilton County Ohio, USA Sycamore is a city in Jefferson County Kentucky, USA Sycamore is a township in Montgomery County Kansas, USA Sycamore is a township in Butler County Kansas, USA Sycamore is a township in DeKalb County Illinois, USA Sycamore is a city in De...
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   sycamore
   [n] - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree 2. [n] - Eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree 3. [n] - thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground
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   Sycamore
   Hard, milky-white, European wood, related to the North American maple. It has a fine, even grain and natural lustre. Solid sycamore furniture was made in medieval times, and from the late 17thC the wood was used in floral marquetry on walnut furniture, sometimes stained green or grey to make harewood, and for veneers. Because it has no taste, sycam ...
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   Sycamore
   Syc'a·more noun [ Latin sycomorus , Greek ... the fig mulberry; ... a fig + ... the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: confer French sycomore . Confer Mulberry .] (Botany) (a) 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. (b) The American plane tr ...
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   sycamore
   <botany> 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. ... The American plane tree, or buttonwood. ... A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus). [Written sometimes sycomore. ... Origin: L. Sycomorus, Gr. The fig mulberry; a fig + the black ...
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   sycamore
   noun variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
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   sycamore
   scottish maple noun 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
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   sycamore
   mulberry fig noun 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
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    Sycamore
    `Sycamore` is a name which is applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. * The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a species of fig, `Ficus sycomorus`, the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa. This tree was used in Ancient Egypt for medicine and mentioned in Egyptian mythology. * The sycamore of Britain and Ireland is a European mapl...
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    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. • (n.) The American plane tree, or buttonwood. • (n.) A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).
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    sycamore
    any of several distinct trees. In the United States it refers especially to the American plane tree (q.v.). The sycamore of the Bible is better ... [1 related articles]
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    sycamore
    sycomore, sycamore A species of fig-tree, Ficus Sycomorus, common in Egypt, Syria, and other countries, and having leaves somewhat resembling those of the mulberry.
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    sycamore
    sycamore: see plane tree.
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