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plane tree
noun
- any tree of the genus Platanus, especially P. occidentalis, the buttonwood or sycamore of North America, having palmately lobed leaves and bark that sheds.
plane tree
noun
- any tree of the genus Platanus, having ball-shaped heads of fruits and leaves with pointed lobes: family Platanaceae. The hybrid P. × acerifolia ( London plane ) is frequently planted in towns Also calledplatan
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The sequestered spot, a seat beneath a plane tree, with a lonesome arc-lamp shining full upon it, was occupied.
Besides the oath of Socrates, “by the dog,” he is reported to have sworn variously by the goose and by the plane-tree.
It looked altogether different now in the chequered sunlight of the plane tree.
There was a certain species of tree which grew in these countries called the plane-tree.
In the plane-tree, or sycamore, this inner wrapping of the bud is a little pelisse of soft yellow or tawny fur.
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