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Definition of Arizona sycamore
1. Noun. Medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5.
Group relationships: Genus Platanus, Platanus
Generic synonyms: Plane Tree, Platan, Sycamore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arizona Sycamore
Literary usage of Arizona sycamore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Arizona by William Henry Robinson (1919)
"If you pass through a wash where trickling water runs, hackberry or ash trees
may be observed, or perhaps a great arizona sycamore, which is a particularly ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... and in habit and size the two are similar. A comparison of the leaf and the
fruit easily enables one to distinguish them. The arizona sycamore (P. ..."
3. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"In the neighborhood of the Boundary Line it is a smaller tree than the Arizona
sycamore, PLATANUS WRIGHTII Watson. arizona sycamore. A splendid tree. ..."
4. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... arizona sycamore (P. wrightii), velvet ash (F. velutina), and little and
Arizona walnuts (/. microcarpa and /. major). 3. The effects of abiotic factors ..."
5. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"arizona sycamore. RANGE.—Southwestern New Mexico and southern Arizona; Mexico (Sonora).
NAMES IN USE.—Sycamore (Ariz.); arizona sycamore (Cal.). ..."
6. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Other trees used occasionally for turkey roosts included Emory oak (Quercus
emoryi), arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii) and cottonwood (Populus fre- ..."