plane tree

plane tree

n.

Any of several trees of the genus Platanus, having ball-shaped fruit clusters and, usually, outer bark that flakes off in patches.

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plane tree, plane

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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 called platan

[C14 plane, from Old French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos, from platos wide, referring to the leaves]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

plane tree - 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 platan, sycamore genus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore lacewood, sycamore - variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree 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 tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms