Platanus

"Plane tree" redirects here. In mathematics, "plane tree" refers to a tree embedded in the plane. The genus Platanus is a small genus of trees native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole members of the family Platanaceae.They are all large trees to 30–50 m tall, deciduous (except for P. kerrii), and are mostly found in riparian or other wetland habitats in the wild, though proving drought tolerant in cultivation away from streams.They are known as planes in Europe, and as sycamores in North America. (Outside North America, the name "sycamore" refers to either the fig Ficus sycomorus, the plant originally so named, or the Great Maple, Acer pseudoplatanus.)
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Noun
1. genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore
(synonym) genus Platanus
(hypernym) rosid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Platanaceae, family Platanaceae, plane-tree family
(member-meronym) plane tree, sycamore, platan

(n.)
A genus of trees; the plane tree.
  

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