plane tree

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymssycamoreplatan

   Broadertree

   NarrowerLondon planeAmerican sycamoreoriental planeCalifornia sycamoreArizona sycamore

   Part ofPlatanus

Questions about plane tree

What does plane tree mean?

plane tree means "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".

What is another word for plane tree?

Close synonyms include sycamore, platan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plane tree a common word?

plane tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.