Definition of Platanus occidentalis

1. Noun. Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico.

Exact synonyms: American Plane, American Sycamore, Buttonwood
Group relationships: Genus Platanus, Platanus
Generic synonyms: Plane Tree, Platan, Sycamore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Platanus Occidentalis

Plastic Paddy
Plasticine
Plasticines
Plata River
Plataea
Platalea
Platalea leucorodia
Plataleidae
Platanaceae
Platanistidae
Platanthera
Platanthera bifolia
Platanthera chlorantha
Platanthera leucophea
Platanus acerifolia
Platanus occidentalis (current term)
Platanus orientalis
Platanus racemosa
Platanus wrightii
Plateau-Talbot law
Platform Invocation Services
Plath
Plathian
Platichthys
Platichthys flesus
Platine
Plato
Plato's Academy
Plato's Cave
Platonian

Literary usage of Platanus occidentalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our woodland trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"Platanus occidentalis. PLATE 3, FIG. 2. BEAUTY and luxuriance of leaf and BM adaptability for town culture are the distinguishing characteristics of the ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"The Platanus occidentalis association is represented fairly well in the bog area by a number of seedlings in the thickets and along the little creeks, ..."

3. Our woodland trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"Platanus occidentalis. PLATE 3, FIG. 2. BEAUTY and luxuriance of leaf and BM adaptability for town culture are the distinguishing characteristics of the ..."

4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"The Platanus occidentalis association is represented fairly well in the bog area by a number of seedlings in the thickets and along the little creeks, ..."

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