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Definition of American plane
1. Noun. Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico.
Group relationships: Genus Platanus, Platanus
Generic synonyms: Plane Tree, Platan, Sycamore
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Plane
Literary usage of American plane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"American plane-TREE. Also wrongly called SYCAMORE. Figs. 1846, 1847. ... This form
resembles in foliage the American plane, and is also of more pyramidal ..."
2. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1906)
"On the other hand, in very cheap goods—far below the average standard American
plane—the foreigner sometimes beats us at our own game. ..."
3. The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1872)
"English writers give their preference to the American plane, which they ...
In England the American plane has frequently attained a very great magnitude. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"It resembles in foliage more the American plane and is of more pyramidal habit
than the ... American plane-TREE. Also wrongly called SYCAMORE. Fig. 3063. ..."
5. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"English writers give their preference to the American plane, which they ...
In England the American plane has frequently attained a very great magnitude. ..."
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