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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

sycomorus

, Gr. [GREEK] the fig mulberry; [GREEK] a fig + [GREEK] the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F.

sycomore

. Cf.

(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

Noun.

[Gr. a fig.] A species of fig-tree. The name is also given to the Acer majus, [A.pseudo-platanus,] a species of maple.

This name is also given to the plane tree or button-wood, of the genus Platanus.