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PLATAN
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
plane tree; platan; sycamore
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("platan" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (substance of "platan"):
lacewood; sycamore (variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "platan"):
London plane; Platanus acerifolia (very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree)
American plane; American sycamore; buttonwood; Platanus occidentalis (very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico)
oriental plane; Platanus orientalis (large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor)
California sycamore; Platanus racemosa (tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers)
Arizona sycamore; Platanus wrightii (medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5)
Holonyms ("platan" is a member of...):
genus Platanus; Platanus (genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore)
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