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

They were fashionable, popular, and European—Silvera Seamans described the popularity of the London plane as “a European fever dream in city planning.”

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

For reasons that are not fully understood, several hundred parrots seek evening accommodations each night in the limbs of fig and London plane trees lining a bustling stretch of Rosemead Boulevard in Temple City.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

The work began at a wrinkled grayish London plane tree next to the Walla Walla High School football field.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 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