sycamore maple

noun

1. a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sycamore maple¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Seattle Parks has recovered samples of the fungus from unhealthy living trees throughout the metro area and confirmed that sycamore maple, big leaf maple, Japanese maple, Norway maple, Pacific dogwood and horse chestnut are all at risk.

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A curving driveway leads from the road through oak, sycamore, maple and walnut trees, and the land behind the building quickly drops down into a meadow.

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The acre-and-a-half property has an expansive backyard, dominated by a majestic century-old sycamore maple that often hosts forts built by the Bond children.

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Plane-tree, plān′-trē, n. any one of the several trees constituting the genus Platanus, esp. the oriental or common plane-tree, with its variety the maple-leaved plane-tree, and the American plane-tree, usually called sycamore or buttonwood or buttonball: in Great Britain, the sycamore maple.

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The sycamore maple is another European immigrant, whose broad leaf is thick and leathery in texture, and pale underneath.

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