n.
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos; probably akin to Greek platys broad ― more at PLACE
Date: 14th century
: any of a genus ( Platanus of the family Platanaceae, the plane-tree family) of chiefly deciduous trees with large palmately lobed leaves, flowers in globose heads, and usually scaling bark ― called also buttonwood plane tree sycamore