Plane-tree

  • 61American plane — noun very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico • Syn: ↑American sycamore, ↑buttonwood, ↑Platanus occidentalis • Hypernyms: ↑plane tree, ↑sycamore, ↑platan …

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  • 62London plane — noun Date: 1860 a large pollution resistant plane (Platanus acerifolia) often planted as a street tree that is a hybrid between an Eurasian plane (P. orientalis) and the American sycamore (P. occidentalis) called also London plane tree …

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  • 63Liberty Tree — See Arbre de la liberté for the French revolutionary Liberty Trees. : See Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution for the non governmental organization. The Liberty Tree (1646 ndash;1775) was a famous elm tree that stood in Boston,… …

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  • 64Chestnut tree —    (Heb. armon; i.e., naked ), mentioned in connection with Jacob s artifice regarding the cattle (Gen. 30:37). It is one of the trees of which, because of its strength and beauty, the Assyrian empire is likened (Ezek. 31:8; R.V., plane trees ).… …

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  • 65oriental plane — noun large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor • Syn: ↑Platanus orientalis • Hypernyms: ↑plane tree, ↑sycamore, ↑platan • Member Holonyms: ↑Platanus, ↑genus Platanus …

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  • 66buttonball tree — 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… …

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  • 67London plane — klevalapis platanas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Plataninių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis kultūrinis augalas (Platanus ×acerifolia). atitikmenys: lot. Platanus × acerifolia angl. London plane; London plane tree; London planetree vok.… …

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  • 68Oriental plane — rytinis platanas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Plataninių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis augalas (Platanus orientalis), paplitęs pietų Europoje ir pietvakarių Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Platanus orientalis angl. Oriental plane; Oriental …

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  • 69Plantain tree — Plantain Plan tain, n. [Cf. F. plantain arbre, plantanier, Sp. pl[ a]ntano, pl[ a]tano; prob. same word as plane tree.] 1. (Bot.) A treelike perennial herb ({Musa paradisiaca}) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the …

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  • 70chinar tree — noun see chinar * * * chi|nar «chih NAHR», noun, or chinar tree, a variety of the plane tree, especially one of the Middle East. ╂[< Persian chinār] …

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