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PLANE-TREE

\plˈe͡ɪntɹˈiː], \plˈe‍ɪntɹˈiː], \p_l_ˈeɪ_n_t_ɹ_ˈiː]\

Definitions of PLANE-TREE

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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pl[=a]n'-tr[=e], 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. [Fr. plane--L. platanus--Gr. platanos--platys, broad.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

n. [Latin] A tree of the genus Platanus, native of Asia and North America, but now largely cultivated in this countryâ€”the wood is fine granted, hard, but brittle.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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