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syc·a·more
noun
also syc·o·more \ˈsikəˌmō(ə)r, -mȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sicamour, sicomour, from Middle French sicamor, from Latin sycomorus, from Greek sykomoros, probably modification (influenced by Greek sykon fig & moron mulberry) of a Semitic word akin to Hebrew shiqmāh sycamore — more at mulberry
1. or sycamore fig also sycomore fig : a tree (Ficus sycomorus) of Egypt and Asia Minor that is the sycamore of Scripture, is useful as a shade tree, and has sweet and edible fruit similar but inferior to the common fig and leaves resembling those of the mulberry — called also mulberry fig
2. : a Eurasian maple (Acer pseudo-platanus) having long racemes of showy yellow flowers that is widely planted as a shade tree
3.
a. : plane II; especially : a very large spreading tree (Platanus occidentalis) of eastern and central No. America with 3- to 5-lobed broadly ovate leaves — see tree illustration
b. : the variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore — called also lacewood |