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Webster 1913 Edition

Sycamore

Syc′a-more

,
Noun.
[L.
sycomorus
, Gr. [GREEK] the fig mulberry; [GREEK] a fig + [GREEK] 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
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Sycamore

SYC'AMORE

,
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.

Definition 2024

sycamore

sycamore

English

Noun

sycamore ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sycamores)

  1. (US) Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).
  2. (Britain) A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
  3. A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig and found in Egypt and Syria; also called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry; the Biblical sycomore.

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Etymology

Circa 1350, from Old French sicamor, from Latin sȳcomorus, from Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος ‎(sūkómoros, “fig-mulberry”), from σῦκον ‎(sûkon, “fig”) + μόρον ‎(móron, “mulberry”). Possibly influenced by Hebrew שִׁקְמָה ‎(shikmá, “mulberry”).

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