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platan

(ˈplætən)

(Plants) another name for plane tree

[C14: from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos; see plane tree]

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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 fruits

plane tree, sycamore

genus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore

lacewood, sycamore - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree

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

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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Till I espi'd thee, fair indeed and tall, Under a Platan, yet methought less faire, Less winning soft, less amiablie milde, Then that smooth watry image; back I turnd, Thou following cryd'st aloud, Return fair EVE, Whom fli'st thou?

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