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sycamore (iou)



sycamore noun. Also (esp. & now only in sense 1) sycomore. ME.
[Old French sic(h)amor (mod. sycomore) from Latin sycomorus from Greek sukomoros, from sukon fig + moron mulberry.]
(Now usu. sycomore.) A fig tree, Ficus sycomorus, common in Egypt, Syria, etc., having leaves resembling those of the mulberry. ME.
A large Eurasian maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, with pendulous racemes and five-lobed leaves, introduced to Britain as an ornamental tree and now naturalized; the wood of this tree. L16.
a. In N. America, (the wood of) any of several kinds of plane tree (genus Platanus), esp. the buttonwood, P. occidentalis. E18.
b. In Australia, (the wood of) any of several rainforest trees, esp. (more fully satin sycamore) Ceratopetalum succirubrum, of the family Cunoniaceae, and (more fully silver sycamore) Cryptocarya glaucescens, of the laurel family. L19.
A European noctuid moth, Acronicta aceris, which has mottled grey forewings and larvae that feed on sycamore etc. M19.
Comb.: sycamore-fig = sense 1 above; the fruit of this tree; sycamore maple = sense 2 above; sycamore moth = sense 4 above; sycamore tree any of the trees called sycamore (see above); sycamore tussock moth = sense 4 above.