Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, literary)A planetree.

More definitions
  • 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

Origin

Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

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Forms

plural: platans
Singularplatan
Pluralplatans

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 treesycamore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
plasterC1plastererplasticB1plateA2plateau
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