planer tree

American  

[pley-ner] / ˈpleɪ nər /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of planer tree

1800–10, named after I. J. Planer, 18th-century German botanist

Example Sentences

Zelkova, which differs materially from the true Planer tree in the structure of the fruit, etc.

From Project Gutenberg