Meaning of PLATAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'platun
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| | Definition: | | [n] 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 |
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| | Synonyms: | | plane tree, sycamore |
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| | See Also: | | American plane, American sycamore, Arizona sycamore, buttonwood, California sycamore, genus Platanus, lacewood, London plane, oriental plane, Platanus, Platanus acerifolia, Platanus occidentalis, Platanus orientalis, Platanus racemosa, Platanus wrightii, tree | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Plat"an\, n. [L. platanus. See {Plane} the tree.]
[Written also {platane}.]
The plane tree. --Tennyson.
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