sycamore

English

Etymology

c.1350, from Old French sicamor, from Latin sȳcomorus, from Ancient Greek συκόμορος (sūkomoros, “fig-mulberry”), from σῦκον (sukon, “fig”) + μόρον (moron, “mulberry”). Possibly influenced by Hebrew שִׁקמָה (shiqmah, “mulberry”).

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Noun

Wikipedia sycamore (countable and uncountable; plural sycamores)

1. (US) Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).
2. (UK) A large British and European species of maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, known in North America as the sycamore maple.
3. A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig and found in Egypt and Syria; also called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry; the Biblical sycomore.

See also

• buttonwood
• sycomore

Translations

Platanus

Cherokee: ᎪᏧᏁᎦ (chr) (kotsunega) French: platane (fr) m.

German: Platane (de) f. Swahili: mwela (sw)

Acer

French: érable sycomore m. German: Ahorn (de) m.

Romanian: paltin (ro)

Ficus

German: Maulbeer-Feige f.

Swahili: mkuyu (sw)

• Finnish: plataani (1), vuorivaahtera (2)

External links

• sycamore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sycamore in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• sycamore at OneLook Dictionary Search