platan

platan

(ˈplætən) n (Plants) another name for plane tree[C14: from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos; see plane tree]

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Noun

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platan - 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 fruitsplane tree, sycamoregenus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamorelacewood, sycamore - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore treeLondon plane, Platanus acerifolia - very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street treeAmerican plane, American sycamore, buttonwood, Platanus occidentalis - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexicooriental plane, Platanus orientalis - large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia MinorCalifornia sycamore, Platanus racemosa - tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowersArizona sycamore, Platanus wrightii - medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Translations

sicomorosicómoroplatano