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3 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]: 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]: buttonwood n : very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico [syn: {American sycamore}, {American plane}, {Platanus occidentalis}]
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