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planer tree
[ pley-ner ]
noun
- a small tree, Planera aquatica, of the elm family, growing in moist ground in the southern U.S., bearing a small, ovoid, nutlike fruit and yielding a compact light-brown wood.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of planer tree1
1800–10, Americanism; named after I. J. Planer, 18th-century German botanist
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Example Sentences
This is a larger, more hardy, and finer tree than the American Planer-tree, and should be more extensively cultivated.
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The Caucasian Planer-tree (Planera parvifolia), with very small leaves, is also occasionally cultivated.
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It is closely associated with cypress, the planer tree, and other species which grow in deep swamps.
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