SYCAMORE


Meaning of SYCAMORE in English

noun

also syc·o·more ˈsikəˌmō(ə)r, -mȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English sicamour, sicomour, from Middle French sicamor, from Latin sycomorus, from Greek sykomoros, probably modification (influenced by Greek sykon fig & moron mulberry) of a Semitic word akin to Hebrew shiqmāh sycamore — more at mulberry

1. or sycamore fig also sycomore fig : a tree ( Ficus sycomorus ) of Egypt and Asia Minor that is the sycamore of Scripture, is useful as a shade tree, and has sweet and edible fruit similar but inferior to the common fig and leaves resembling those of the mulberry — called also mulberry fig

2. : a Eurasian maple ( Acer pseudo-platanus ) having long racemes of showy yellow flowers that is widely planted as a shade tree

3.

a. : plane II ; especially : a very large spreading tree ( Platanus occidentalis ) of eastern and central No. America with 3- to 5-lobed broadly ovate leaves — see tree illustration

b. : the variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore — called also lacewood

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