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

Nonnative species like the London plane are associated with declines in species richness and abundance.

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 London plane, a hybrid offspring of the American sycamore and Oriental plane, was 121.6 feet tall and 26 feet in circumference.

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

The European sycamore or London plane tree, Platanus acerifolia Willd., is less subject to disease than our native species and has been widely planted in this country for ornament and shade.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.