sycamore

  1. Noun.  (US) Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus ''Platanus'', especially ''Platanus occidentalis'' (American sycamore).
  2. Noun.  (British) A large British and European species of maple, ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', known in North America as the sycamore maple.
  3. 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.

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