London plane

American  

noun

1. a tall, hardy, widely spreading plane tree, Platanus acerifolia, of North America, having clusters of round, bristly fruit.

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Etymology

Origin of London plane

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

That leaf, while officially unspecified, seems to depict a London plane.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

The design’s path, meandering downhill beneath a canopy of London plane trees and crisscrossing a stream, led viewers into a sunken oval bowl teeming with a luxurious planted garden.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Village green zelkova, Italian oak and London plane add additional color to the route.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

After the last of the cherry tree was thrown into a chipper, workers began mowing down a London plane, and its hacked limbs were now cascading to the ground.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

How lovely were the London plane trees against the varied grey ... and how she hated them, and all that was England—England from whence had come her unspeakable humiliation and misery!

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie