6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plane  \Plane\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  platanus,  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  broad;  -- 
  so  called  on  account  of  its  broad  leaves  and  spreading  form 
  See  {Place},  and  cf  {Platane},  {Plantain}  the  tree.]  (Bot.) 
  Any  tree  of  the  genus  Platanus. 
 
  Note:  The  Oriental  plane  ({Platanus  orientalis})  is  a  native 
  of  Asia.  It  rises  with  a  straight,  smooth,  branching 
  stem  to  a  great  height,  with  palmated  leaves,  and  long 
  pendulous  peduncles,  sustaining  several  heads  of  small 
  close-sitting  flowers.  The  seeds  are  downy,  and 
  collected  into  round,  rough,  hard  balls.  The  Occidental 
  plane  ({Platanus  occidentalis}),  which  grows  to  a  great 
  height,  is  a  native  of  North  America,  where  it  is 
  popularly  called  {sycamore},  {buttonwood},  and 
  {buttonball},  names  also  applied  to  the  California 
  species  ({Platanus  racemosa}). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Buttonwood  \But"ton*wood`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  The  {Platanus  occidentalis},  or  American  plane  tree,  a  large 
  tree,  producing  rough  balls,  from  which  it  is  named  -- 
  called  also  {buttonball  tree},  and  in  some  parts  of  the 
  United  States,  {sycamore}.  The  California  buttonwood  is  {P. 
  racemosa}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sycamore 
  n  1:  variably  colored  and  sometimes  variegated  hard  tough  elastic 
  wood  of  a  sycamore  tree  [syn:  {lacewood}] 
  2:  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  [syn:  {plane  tree},  {platan}] 
  3:  Eurasian  maple  tree  with  pale  gray  bark  that  peels  in  flakes 
  like  that  of  a  sycamore  tree;  leaves  with  five  ovate  lobes 
  yellow  in  autumn  [syn:  {great  maple},  {scottish  maple},  {Acer 
  pseudoplatanus}] 
  4:  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  fig},  {mulberry  fig},  {Ficus 
  sycomorus}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Sycamore,  GA  (city,  FIPS  75104) 
  Location:  31.67024  N,  83.63507  W 
  Population  (1990):  417  (198  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  31790 
  Sycamore,  IL  (city,  FIPS  74223) 
  Location:  41.98170  N,  88.69577  W 
  Population  (1990):  9708  (3935  housing  units) 
  Area:  9.7  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  60178 
  Sycamore,  KY  (city,  FIPS  75190) 
  Location:  38.24664  N,  85.56072  W 
  Population  (1990):  70  (34  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Sycamore,  MO 
  Zip  code(s):  65758 
  Sycamore,  OH  (village,  FIPS  75980) 
  Location:  40.95101  N,  83.17090  W 
  Population  (1990):  919  (378  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  44882,  45242,  45249 
  Sycamore,  PA 
  Zip  code(s):  15364 
  Sycamore,  SC  (town,  FIPS  70900) 
  Location:  33.03650  N,  81.22264  W 
  Population  (1990):  208  (96  housing  units) 
  Area:  8.2  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Sycamore 
  more  properly  sycomore  (Heb.  shikmoth  and  shikmim  Gr 
  sycomoros),  a  tree  which  in  its  general  character  resembles  the 
  fig-tree,  while  its  leaves  resemble  those  of  the  mulberry;  hence 
  it  is  called  the  fig-mulberry  (Ficus  sycomorus).  At  Jericho, 
  Zacchaeus  climbed  a  sycomore-tree  to  see  Jesus  as  he  passed  by 
  (Luke  19:4).  This  tree  was  easily  destroyed  by  frost  (Ps. 
  78:47),  and  therefore  it  is  found  mostly  in  the  vale"  (1  Kings 
  10:27;  2  Chr.  1:15:  in  both  passages  the  R.V.  has  properly 
  "lowland"),  i.e.,  the  "low  country,"  the  shephelah  where  the 
  climate  is  mild.  Amos  (7:14)  refers  to  its  fruit,  which  is  of  an 
  inferior  character;  so  also  probably  Jeremiah  (24:2).  It  is  to 
  be  distinguished  from  our  sycamore  (the  Acer  pseudo-platanus), 
  which  is  a  species  of  maple  often  called  a  plane-tree. 
 

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