sycamore

Definitions


[ˈsɪkəmɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large Eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern Europe. It is planted as a fast-growing ornamental but tends to displace native trees

- the buttonwood tree

- (in biblical use) a fig tree that grows in the Middle East


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French sic(h)amor, via Latin from Greek sukomoros, from sukon ‘fig’ + moron ‘mulberry’




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