Sycamore is a name which is applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms.
- Ficus sycomorus, the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible; a species of fig, also called the sycamore fig or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa
- Acer pseudoplatanus, the sycamore of Britain and Ireland; a European maple tree, also called sycamore maple, great maple, or, the plane tree in Scotland
- Platanus, the sycamores of North America, known as planes in Europe
- Platanus occidentalis, the American sycamore
- Platanus racemosa (California sycamore or western sycamore)
- Platanus wrightii (Arizona sycamore)
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Famous quotes containing the word sycamore:
“The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,
Sing all a green willow;
Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee,
Sing willow, willow, willow.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)