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Ficus Sycomorus
(gcide) | Sycamore \Syc"a*more\, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry;
? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin:
cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] (Bot.)
(a) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common
fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore,
or sycamine, of Scripture.
(b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
(c) A large European species of maple ({Acer
Pseudo-Platanus}). [Written sometimes sycomore.]
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ficus sycomorus
(wn) | Ficus sycomorus
n 1: thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent
southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising
from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but
inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical
sycamore [syn: sycamore, sycamore fig, mulberry fig,
Ficus sycomorus] |
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ficus sycomorus
(wn) | Ficus sycomorus
n 1: thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent
southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising
from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but
inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical
sycamore [syn: sycamore, sycamore fig, mulberry fig,
Ficus sycomorus] |
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