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13 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. ?, fr. ? broad; --
so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form.
See {Place}, and cf. {Platane}, {Plantain} the tree.] (Bot.)
Any tree of the genus {Platanus}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The Oriental plane ({Platanus orientalis}) is a native
of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching
stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long
pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small
close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and
collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental
plane ({Platanus occidentalis}), which grows to a great
height, is a native of North America, where it is
popularly called {sycamore}, {buttonwood}, and
{buttonball}, names also applied to the California
species ({Platanus racemosa}).
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sycamore \Syc"a*more\, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry;
? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin:
cf. F. sycomore. Cf. {Mulberry}.] (Bot.)
(a) A large tree ({Ficus Sycomorus}) allied to the common
fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore,
or sycamine, of Scripture.
(b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
(c) A large European species of maple ({Acer
Pseudo-Platanus}). [Written sometimes {sycomore}.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Buttonwood \But"ton*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The {Platanus occidentalis}, or American plane tree, a large
tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; --
called also {buttonball tree}, and, in some parts of the
United States, {sycamore}. The California buttonwood is
{Platanus racemosa}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sycamore
n 1: variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic
wood of a sycamore tree [syn: {lacewood}]
2: 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 [syn: {plane tree}, {platan}]
3: Eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes
like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes
yellow in autumn [syn: {great maple}, {scottish maple}, {Acer
pseudoplatanus}]
4: thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent
southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising
from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but
inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the Biblical
sycamore [syn: {sycamore fig}, {mulberry fig}, {Ficus
sycomorus}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sycamore
more properly sycomore (Heb. shikmoth and shikmim, Gr.
sycomoros), a tree which in its general character resembles the
fig-tree, while its leaves resemble those of the mulberry; hence
it is called the fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus). At Jericho,
Zacchaeus climbed a sycomore-tree to see Jesus as he passed by
(Luke 19:4). This tree was easily destroyed by frost (Ps.
78:47), and therefore it is found mostly in the "vale" (1 Kings
10:27; 2 Chr. 1:15: in both passages the R.V. has properly
"lowland"), i.e., the "low country," the shephelah, where the
climate is mild. Amos (7:14) refers to its fruit, which is of an
inferior character; so also probably Jeremiah (24:2). It is to
be distinguished from our sycamore (the Acer pseudo-platanus),
which is a species of maple often called a plane-tree.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sycamore, GA (city, FIPS 75104)
Location: 31.67024 N, 83.63507 W
Population (1990): 417 (198 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 31790
Sycamore, IL (city, FIPS 74223)
Location: 41.98170 N, 88.69577 W
Population (1990): 9708 (3935 housing units)
Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60178
Sycamore, KY (city, FIPS 75190)
Location: 38.24664 N, 85.56072 W
Population (1990): 70 (34 housing units)
Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Sycamore, MO
Zip code(s): 65758
Sycamore, OH (village, FIPS 75980)
Location: 40.95101 N, 83.17090 W
Population (1990): 919 (378 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 44882, 45242, 45249
Sycamore, PA
Zip code(s): 15364
Sycamore, SC (town, FIPS 70900)
Location: 33.03650 N, 81.22264 W
Population (1990): 208 (96 housing units)
Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Sycamore, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 496
Housing Units (2000): 209
Land area (2000): 0.997241 sq. miles (2.582841 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002461 sq. miles (0.006374 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.999702 sq. miles (2.589215 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75104
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.670810 N, 83.633871 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 31790
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sycamore, GA
Sycamore
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Sycamore, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 914
Housing Units (2000): 401
Land area (2000): 0.587989 sq. miles (1.522884 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.587989 sq. miles (1.522884 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75980
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.950402 N, 83.170919 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44882 45242 45249
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sycamore, OH
Sycamore
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 183
Housing Units (2000): 59
Land area (2000): 4.144380 sq. miles (10.733895 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.144380 sq. miles (10.733895 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71965
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.401443 N, 94.713463 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sycamore, OK
Sycamore
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Sycamore, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 150
Housing Units (2000): 79
Land area (2000): 7.053526 sq. miles (18.268547 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.053526 sq. miles (18.268547 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71972
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.519520 N, 94.941129 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sycamore, OK
Sycamore
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Sycamore, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000): 12020
Housing Units (2000): 4925
Land area (2000): 5.484594 sq. miles (14.205033 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.017968 sq. miles (0.046537 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.502562 sq. miles (14.251570 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74223
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.983850 N, 88.694091 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60178
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sycamore, IL
Sycamore
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Sycamore, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000): 185
Housing Units (2000): 93
Land area (2000): 3.171566 sq. miles (8.214319 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.009319 sq. miles (0.024137 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.180885 sq. miles (8.238456 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70900
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 33.038490 N, 81.222032 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sycamore, SC
Sycamore
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Sycamore, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 159
Housing Units (2000): 90
Land area (2000): 0.027240 sq. miles (0.070551 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.027240 sq. miles (0.070551 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75190
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.246973 N, 85.560664 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sycamore, KY
Sycamore
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